Meghan Markle and Prince Harry‘s nonprofit paid a reasonably penny to the girl who used to run level on all issues PR for Michelle Obama … and a few odor politics within the air.
The revelation surfaced within the Archewell Foundation’s 2021 tax disclosure docs — which seem to have simply been posted in March … and which the media perused over the weekend … solely to see MM and co. shelled out lots of of hundreds in strategic PR consulting.
Slightly over $215,000 was forked over to an organization referred to as Invisible Hand, which focuses on social affect and tradition … providing all kinds of PR-related providers on their menu.
What caught folks’s eye, nonetheless, was the $110k that was paid to an organization referred to as KMLSA — a superb old school PR company based mostly close to San Diego, CA. The high canine at this org is none aside from Katie Mccormick-Lelyveld … who’s straight tied to the Obamas.
Indeed … she was truly Michelle’s Press Secretary for some time, formally working for the previous First Lady from 2007 to 2011. She’s additionally offered PR work for Hillary Clinton up to now … to not point out John Kerry — each of whom are enormous political titans clearly.
Her firm, KML Strategic Advisors, touts itself this manner … “From the company battle room to the media battlefield, the nook workplace to the White House, KML Strategic Advisors are your guides by way of rarified air.” Considering her resume, that is fairly darn correct.
Now, as for what documented objective the Archewell Foundation paid these 2 companies … their tax disclosure retains it imprecise, solely citing “Strategic Support for Social Impact PR.”
That may very well be interpreted 1,000,000 other ways … however some are digesting it as a possible sign that Meghan herself may be gearing up for public workplace — and is hiring the most effective folks within the biz to information her. Of course, it might additionally simply be associated to their Royal drama.
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We know Meg and Harry are knee-deep of their philanthropy work, and the PR consulting might simply be nearly that as properly. But, by the identical token, we additionally know Meghan is all about causes — and there isn’t any higher place to advocate and battle for these than D.C.
Time will inform, we suppose!