For some time, there have been ongoing rumours that Meghan Markle has her sights set on a political career.
The Duchess has a keen interest in social issues dating back to her childhood when she wrote to Procter & Gamble to report an advert.
In 2021, she famously cold-called US senators as she campaigned for paid parental leave, and, before that, publicly pushed for the COVID vaccine to be made available to poorer nations around the world.
With that in mind, royal watchers were quick to notice an interesting detail in paperwork recently released by the Archewell Foundation.
The company’s 2021 tax disclosure document, which appears to have only just been made public, has raised eyebrows, with several fans believing it signals Meghan’s desire to enter the political sphere more fully.
The paperwork shows a $110,000 payment to a PR agency named KMLSA. It is run by Katie McCormick Lelyveld, who famously served as Michelle Obama’s press secretary from 2007 until 2011. She has also been a PR adviser to Hillary Clinton and John Kerry.
The tax returns for Archewell show that £89,000 was paid to Ms Lelyveld’s company KMLSA LLC for “strategic support for social impact PR” in 2021.
KMLSA describes itself as the company that “global leaders turn to navigate challenges with reputational, political, philanthropic, legal and financial lenses” and that it has “decades of dynamic experience with influential leaders”.
It comes days after Meghan celebrated a legal win over her half-sister Samantha Markle.
