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Prince Harry’s decision to officially make the US his home has finally 'closed the door' on a return to royal duties as the Duke and Duchess of Sussex finish off Megxit and concentrate on making money, experts told MailOnline today. 

The Duke of Sussex has updated his business records in London to make it clear that he no longer lives in Britain and California is his official home - despite moving there in 2020.

Mark Borkowski, arguably Britain's leading PR guru, has said it is the culmination of years of gradual change by Harry and Meghan from working royals to influencers establishing their Sussex name as a ‘commercial vehicle’ to make millions.

He said: 'The line has been drawn and hope of a rapprochement with the royals is now gone. Harry has closed the door and burned the bridge. It's now all eyes on commerce.

'They're getting further and further away from Harry's family and they're trying to be lifestyle models. They [Harry and Meghan] need a lot of money to maintain their lifestyle and their royal status is gradually diminishing'.

Mr Borkowski has said that King Charles and the Princess of Wales' cancer battles has meant that the launch of Meghan's American Riviera Orchard brand came with less of a PR blitz than expected.

'Meghan's jam emerged this week. All these products are going to come out but to some extent they have been quite low profile, whilst Kate and the king have been grappling with their cancer', Mr Borkowski said.

In the last week Meghan has shared limited edition jars of her Strawberry preserve with selected friends and influencers to share on social media. Experts believe she is trying to use her profile to make millions in the food and lifestyle world like her friend Gwyneth Paltrow has with Goop.

But despite the health crisis gripping Harry's family, the Sussexes are ploughing on because they need 'a lot of money' to support their luxury lifestyle after previous deals failed to take off, such as with Spotify, and Netflix has put them 'in the last chance saloon', Mr Borkowski said.

Harry's decision to update his official business records in Britain and declare that his home is in the US is the culmination of years of creeping towards America being the 'home' of Harry and Meghan's brand, he said.

Mr Borkowski said: 'There's an honesty about the declaration. It's fascinating and I guess the story has become bigger because of the idea that somehow there is a residency issue and this declaration that America is now the home of the brand.

'None of this surprises me. I think that the endeavour that they've set out over a period of time is obviously to establish a commercial model.

'But sooner or later, they've got to get beyond the hype and all those negative headlines and establish a commercial vehicle. They cannot maintain their status and their lifestyle without having something that is to getting them the type of money that they need to keep going', Mr Borkowski said.

'So everything at the moment seems to be commercially biased. This deal with Netflix. They have given them three projects. That's last chance saloon.

'They are under the microscope, which makes it very difficult to succeed because there's more talk about failure than there is success. They need some success stories. All eyes will be on their commercial viability’.

Prince Harry's decision to pinpoint the day he and Meghan were 'evicted' from Frogmore Cottage by King Charles as the date his US residency began points to 'irritation' with his father and that he won't return to the UK, royal experts

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