Meghan Markle learned over the weekend what happens when you come for Elvira, the Mistress of the Dark. The Duchess of Sussex, 43, had joked on her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder that when she used box hair dye during the COVID-19 pandemic, she looked like Elvira, the ‘80s horror icon known for her campy, jet-black wig. “I thought, ‘I’m going to look just like she does on the box,’ and instead, it was this very inky, almost Elvira-esque black hair,” Meghan said in late April during an episode featuring salon owner Kadi Lee. Over the weekend, the 73-year-old Queen of Halloween, whose real name is Cassandra Peterson, shared a screenshot of an article about the episode on Instagram. “Hey princess, if you ever need beauty advice from a queen, just let me know,” she wrote, along with a smirking emoji. When she’s not performing as Elvira, Peterson—who developed the character while performing as a member of The Groundlings comedy troupe in Los Angeles—is a redhead. Besides starring as Elvira, she has appeared in dozens of other film and television roles.
