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, prior to that, publicly pushed for the COVID vaccine to be made available to poorer nations around the world. Watch philanthropic Meghan delivering food in LA amid the coronavirus crisis…
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 a number of fans believing it signals Meghan’s desire to enter the political sphere more fully.
© Chris JacksonThe 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.
DON'T MISS: Heartbreak for King Charles and Camilla surrounding their anniversary
DISCOVER: What Prince Harry’s surprise appearance means for King Charles’s coronation
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.
© Emma McIntyreKMLSA 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".
MORE: James Middleton and wife joined by very surprising guest on skiing holiday!
SEE: Prince Harry mistaken for father King Charles in poignant royal photo
It comes days after Meghan celebrated a legal win over her half-sister Samantha Markle.
© Photo: RexSamantha, daughter of Thomas Markle, accused the Duchess of Sussex of spreading "demonstrably false and malicious lies" to a "worldwide audience" in the royal couple's tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey in 2021.
According to PA news agency, which had access to court papers, a Florida judge dismissed the lawsuit, saying the mother-of-two was expressing "an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-sibling" and a statement of pure opinion was "not capable of being proved false".
US District Judge Charlene Edwards Honeywell wrote: "As a reasonable listener would understand it, defendant merely expresses an opinion about her childhood and her relationship with her half-siblings.
"Thus, the court finds that defendant's statement is not objectively verifiable or subject to empirical proof…. plaintiff cannot plausibly disprove defendant's opinion of her own childhood."
LISTEN: Why Charles is being strict with the coronation guest list
