This article is about Regina Mills' father. For Regina's son, see Henry Mills. For other characters with the same name, see Henry (disambiguation).
- “I love you no matter what. That's what father's do.”
- ―Henry to Regina Mills[src]
Prince Henry Mills is a character featured in the ABC fantasy-drama series, Once Upon a Time. He is primarily portrayed by Tony Perez.
Prince Henry was husband to Cora, and father to Regina, the Evil Queen. He was betrothed to Cora, and whilst the two were married, she held no real love for him, and was often controlling of both him and their daughter. After Cora is banished from the realm, Henry resides with Regina, who goes on to become the Evil Queen. He eventually meets the end of his fate, after Regina sacrifices him to enact the Dark Curse.
After his death, Henry spends decades in the Underworld until he is able to leave after he has completed his unfinished business, which is eventually completed and he departs to Mount Olympus after helping Regina and her son, Henry, who thanks his namesake grandfather.
History[]
Prince Henry Mills is the son of King Xavier. He is the husband of Cora Mills and father to Regina Mills. In the Enchanted Forest, he marries Cora after she demonstrates the ability to spin straw into gold. He is later the loving but weak father of the Evil Queen, Regina, and serves as her royal valet in the Enchanted Forest. Henry is supportive of Regina, but does not protect her against the manipulations or actions of her mother. He is later held captive in Wonderland by Cora as leverage against Regina, who eventually rescues him. However, when Rumplestiltskin informs Regina she must retrieve the heart of who she loves most to enact his dark curse, she kills him. In Storybrooke, Regina appears to have cared a great deal for her father, naming her adopted son Henry and turning his tomb into a large mausoleum. After his death, Henry was sent to the Underworld.
Years later while trying to find Hook, Regina meets Henry, who apologizes for her actions back in the Enchanted Forest. Later, Cora threatens to send him to Hell as a way to instruct Regina to leave the Underworld. When at the entrance to Hell, Regina tries to persuade her mother not to send her father to Hell which she starts to do. What Cora doesn't know is that Henry was spared upon his unfinished business of Regina being free of her mother. Henry then meets his grandson Henry. Before heading to Mount Olympus, Henry tells his grandson to watch over his daughter and to remember who she is. Regina tearfully watches her father cross the bridge as he makes his way to a better place. Snow asks if Henry is okay to which Regina says he is more than okay because he is in a better place. Regina smiles as she looks at the clock tower as the hands of time move once more, signifying Henry's departure from the Underworld.
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