The phrase comes from the world of Les Inconnus, the French comedy trio of Didier Bourdon, Bernard Campan and Pascal Légitimus, whose television sketches became catchphrase factories in France in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Their lines were quoted far beyond the original broadcasts, and short extracts like this one later resurfaced online as reaction audio. Comme un prince survives because the expression is instantly understandable even out of context, letting a single smug line stand in for comfort, privilege or being thoroughly spoiled.