Prince Henry (The Thing You Love Most)

This article focuses on the Evil Queen's father, Henry. For Regina Mills' adopted son, see Henry Mills.

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“

I would die for her!

”

—Henry to the Genie ^src

Henry is a minor character on Once Upon a Time. He makes his debut in the episode The Thing You Love Most. He is the father of the Evil Queen.

History

Season One

Henry was the father of Regina, the Evil Queen, and served as her valet for many years. He was extremely proud of his daughter's skills in horseback riding--a hobby his wife, and Regina's mother, Cora, found be be too unlady-like and childish. Father and daughter got along well growing up, but he was helpless to stop Cora whenever it came to her using magic on Regina to make her comply. He was also unable to protect Regina when Cora purposefully set up a situation in which Regina rescued King Leopold's daughter, Snow from danger. This made the king notice Regina, and he asked for her hand in marriage, which Cora accepted for her.

While she was married, King Leopold brought home the Genie he had freed with one of his three wishes. The Genie fell in love with her at first sight, and Regina used his infatuation to her advantage to escape her loveless marriage. She wrote of her "love" for him in a diary. King Leopold read the entry but was unaware the man she was pining after was the Genie. Angry, he locked her up in the castle. Fearing for his daughter's life, Henry delivered a box with a poisonous snake inside it to the Genie in the hopes that he would take it to Regina's chambers, saying that this was the only way Regina could be free.

At some point after this he was captured by the Queen of Hearts in Wonderland, he was made small, and kept in a box. He was subsequently rescued by his daughter, at the sacrifice of the Hatter. She gave her father a piece of a magical mushroom, which returned him to his normal size. Because only two people--Regina and the Hatter--entered into Wonderland, only two could leave. Thus, Regina returned to Fairytale Land with her father, leaving the Hatter trapped and at the mercy of the Queen of Hearts.

Later, after King Leopold's death and the Genie's entrapment in becoming a magic mirror, Henry was Regina's constant companion. When she vowed vengeance on Snow White and Prince Charming, he advised her on how to make the Dark Curse work.

However, the curse failed to work when Regina used the heart of her favorite horse, and thus he told her to go to the person who had given her the curse in the first place. Regina went to the dark wizard Rumpelstiltskin, who was imprisoned in the mines. Rumpelstiltskin, in turn, told her that she needed the heart of the thing she loved most.

Thus, she went back and told Henry the news. He caught on quickly, and tried to convince her that she didn't need to live with hatred all the time, and that the two could start a new life over again. Regina nodded and hugged him, but as he wrapped his arms around her, she pulled his heart from his chest, and whispered "I'm sorry."

After the Curse was unleashed, Regina laid a black rose on a grave marked Henry, Beloved Father.

Season 2

He appears "We Are Both and asmuses his daughter has 'cold feet' over her wedding. Regina tells him she doesn't she have them and she just doesn't want to be like her mother who's driving her crazy. He then tells her little about Cora's past before him and what her magic book means to her. This gives Regina the idea to take it and learn magic.

Appearances

Once Upon a Time: Season One
"Pilot":	"The Thing You Love Most":	"Snow Falls":	"The Price of Gold":	"That Still Small Voice":	"The Shepherd":	"The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter":	"Desperate Souls":	"True North":	"7:15 A.M.":	"Fruit of the Poisonous Tree":
Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears
"Skin Deep":	"What Happened to Frederick":	"Dreamy":	"Red-Handed":	"Heart of Darkness":	"Hat Trick":	"The Stable Boy":	"The Return":	"The Stranger":	"An Apple Red as Blood":	"A Land Without Magic":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Appears	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Once Upon a Time: Season Two
"Broken":	"We Are Both":	"Lady of the Lake":	"The Crocodile":	"The Doctor":	"Tallahassee":	"Child of the Moon":	"Into the Deep":	"Queen of Hearts":	"The Cricket Game":	"The Outsider":
Absent	Appears	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent
"In the Name of the Brother":	"Tiny":	"Manhattan":	"The Queen Is Dead":	"The Miller's Daughter":	"Welcome to Storybrooke":	"Selfless, Brave and True":	"Lacey":	"The Evil Queen":	"Second Star to the Right":	"And Straight On 'Til Morning":
Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent	Absent

Trivia

• He is the namesake of his grandson, Henry Mills.
• He has a tomb in the Storybrooke cemetery.