Harry and Meghan ‘left Canada because they did not want to pay tax in two countries’ 

Prince Harry and Meghan Markle made a last minute dash across the border from Canada to the US to start their new life in Los Angeles because they didn’t want to pay tax in two countries, insiders claimed.

The couple took a private jet to California with their ten-month-old son Archie just before non-essential travel between the two countries was suspended last week because of the coronavirus pandemic.

It has now emerged that tax from earning money and keeping up residence in both places was a motivating factor for the move, The Sun reports.

The couple left behind their borrowed £10million mansion on Canada’s tranquil Vancouver Island (pictured) to join their team of Hollywood agents and publicists, who they have hired to launch their new careers

A source said: ‘They were told getting work visas in Canada would be difficult and because Meghan remains a US citizen, so is taxed on her worldwide income, she would end up paying in the US and Canada.

‘Then the Canadian government made it clear they would not contribute to their security costs so it made much more sense to live in Hollywood and only pay US tax.’

Harry and Meghan have long planned to set up in the duchess’s home state – where her mother Doria lives – but were forced to bring plans forward because of the outbreak.

The couple left behind their borrowed £10million mansion on Canada’s tranquil Vancouver Island to join their team of Hollywood agents and publicists, who they have hired to launch their new careers.

Harry and Meghan’s exact whereabouts is unknown, but it has been reported they are ‘locking down’ in an exclusive gated community in LA.

Harry and Meghan have long planned to set up in the duchess’s home state – where her mother Doria Ragland (pictured) lives – but were forced to bring plans forward because of the outbreak