The Duke and Duchess of Sussex have set up a network of 11 companies in the tax haven state of Delaware, it was revealed on Tuesday.

       The companies were incorporated by the Duchess’s long-time attorney Richard Genow and her business manager Andrew Meyer.

       The companies all appear to have names with sentimental value to the California-based couple.

       Hampshire LLC could allude to the place where they had a three-night stay in the final weeks of the Duchess's pregnancy in Spring 2019 and Baobab Holdings, LLC may be named after the Baobab tree which is native to Africa and Australia.

       Among the filings, which were first reported by MailOnline, are two publishing firms. Peca Publishing LLC was set up in September 2020 and used by Meghan to hold the rights for her children's book The Bench.

       "Peca" means freckles in Spanish, and the name could allude to the book she published as a child - "a face without freckles is a sky without stars".

       The second, is called Orinoco Publishing LLC - apparently named after the river that flows through Colombia and Venezuela.

       This could have been set up to hold the rights for the Duke’s much anticipated memoir, due for publication later this year.

       Nearly two thirds of Fortune 500 companies are incorporated in Delaware, which means the state has more registered corporations than people.

       Buckingham Palace declined to comment.