Prince Harry and Meghan Markle’s likely next steps have been laid out by a royal commentator, who claims the Duke of Sussex’s ‘Americanisation’ is “almost complete”.

This week it emerged that Harry changed his primary residence from the UK to the US, with the change backdated to June 29, 2023 – the same day Buckingham Palace confirmed the Duke and Duchess of Sussex had vacated their former UK residence, Frogmore Cottage.

Now The Independent’s Associate Editor, Sean O’Grady, claims it’s “finally time for the UK to bid a (not entirely) fond farewell to Prince Harry, Duke of Sussex”, adding that his latest move is “what we press people call a further ‘snub’ to his father, mother-in-law, brother and sister-in-law – and, indeed, a further sign that he’s gone to California for good”.

Commenting on the couple’s possible next moves, Mr O’Grady added that there can’t be many of their experiences left to “mine” for Netflix documentaries and the like.

He explained: “It is a bit painful to reflect on all the goodwill for the future heaped on Harry and Meghan when they got married, only six years ago next month. Whoever is to blame for the collapse in their relationship with Britain since, the country lost something quite special when the Sussexes decamped to North America.

“Nor does the process feel complete; it’s not long since he officially changed his surname, and that of his family, from Mountbatten-Windsor to plain Sussex. The next logical step for the couple is to become Mr and Mrs Sussex. Then it will be how long before the Duke of Sussex seeks US citizenship, complete with passport?”