[@Diggerton][@Mokley]
I'm going to have disagree with this here. It makes very little sense in my eyes.

 I don't see how he's wealthy if he's fled his kingdom and by extension any riches it may possess. Additionally, he's technically not a prince if he's neglecting his duty as a prince by LEAVING the kingdom. Also, if the land he hails from is so far away that people are only going to hear bogus stories and not the clear truth, it's unlikely people would even know enough about him to care that he arrived/believe he's really royalty in the first place. People don't have simple minds here in Winding and this isn't a D&D game so he can't just be super good at manipulation because he wants to be. Someone has to play devil's advocate.