Elvira Actress Teases Meghan Markle Over Pandemic Hair Color Joke: 'If You Ever Need Beauty Advice from a Queen'

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(Left) Elvira, Mistress of nan Dark attends Knott's Scary Farm astatine Knott's Berry Farm connected Oct. 11, 2015 successful Buena Park, California; (Right) Meghan, Duchess of Sussex astatine nan TIME100 Summit astatine Jazz astatine Lincoln Center connected April 23, 2025 successful New York City. Credit :

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  • Cassandra Peterson, different known arsenic Elvira, had a playful consequence aft Meghan Markle said she looked for illustration nan Mistress of nan Dark aft dying her hairsbreadth astatine home
  • Peterson joked that she was disposable "if you ever request beauty proposal from a queen"
  • The Duchess of Sussex precocious opened up astir antecedently giving herself "very inky, almost Elvira-esque achromatic hair" aft utilizing container dye connected an section of her podcast, Confessions of a Female Founder

Meghan Markle's caller hairsbreadth confession sparked a consequence — from nan queen of campy herself.

Cassandra Peterson, nan character down nan iconic Elvira character, playfully weighed successful aft Meghan joked astir an at-home dye neglect that near her looking “almost Elvira-esque” during nan pandemic.

The Duchess of Sussex shared nan anecdote connected a caller episode of her podcast Confessions of a Female Founder, recalling really a DIY hairsbreadth occupation successful 2020 turned her locks “very inky, almost Elvira-esque black.”

"Hey princess, if you ever request beauty proposal from a queen conscionable fto maine know," Peterson wrote successful a station connected Instagram nether nan grip @therealelvira.

Peterson, 73, posted a screenshot of nan article to her Instagram alongside a signature glitter changeable of her successful afloat characteristic arsenic nan Mistress of nan Dark.

(Left) Cassandra Peterson successful Los Angeles connected May 15, 2025; (Right) Meghan Markle successful Beverly Hills, California connected Dec. 4, 2024.

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On her podcast, Meghan said that nan hairsbreadth mishap yet led her to link pinch her existent colorist — and adjacent friend — Kadi Lee.

The Duchess of Sussex shared that she met Lee done hairsbreadth stylist Serge Normant, who styled her tresses for her 2018 royal wedding to Prince Harry.  

"He and I became friends aft he did my hairsbreadth for my wedding," Meghan said astir Normant. "So my family had conscionable moved to California. We were staying successful our friend's home. And because it was nan pandemic, I kept ordering boxed hairsbreadth dye. And I thought, ‘I'm gonna look conscionable for illustration she does connected nan box.’ "

However, nan DIY style didn't rather move retired for illustration she imagined! 

"Instead, it was this very inky, almost Elvira-esque achromatic hair," Meghan said successful a relatable revelation. "And I texted Serge, and he said, ‘You request to spot Kadi.’ And you came over. I mean, we were masked and each nan things. It was specified an absorbing time, but I retrieve that time truthful well."

In November 2024, Meghan and Normant supported Lee astatine nan motorboat of her Highbrow Hippie Haircare and Wellness line astatine Gjelina edifice Venice, California.

Meghan Markle, Kadi Lee and Serge Normant astatine nan Highbrow Hippie Launch Party successful Venice, California connected Nov. 14, 2024.

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PEOPLE understands that nan Duchess of Sussex and Lee struck up a relationship aft Normant introduced them and Meghan has turned to nan personage colorist for complete 4 years. Lee is besides a beardown protagonist of BIPOC businesses and Meghan is 1 of nan lead investors successful her brand.

In March, Meghan and Lemonada Media announced that she would big a caller podcast called Confessions of a Female Founder, debuting connected April 8 pinch an eight-episode season. The show has focused connected her entrepreneurial travel launching her As ever manner brand and featured candid conversations pinch chap female founders, including immoderate of her celebrated friends for illustration Lee.

PEOPLE shared an exclusive first perceive of Confessions of a Female Founder and successful an exclusive question and reply pinch PEOPLE, Meghan shared really different female founders person inspired her entrepreneurial journey.

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"What’s been meaningful is being capable to talk astir my ain entrepreneurial travel pinch different female founders who are either connected their ain trajectory of maturation aliases person IPO’d, sold, aliases created precocious effect brands and gone done each of nan learning curves that we each do astatine nan start," nan Duchess of Sussex says.

"You’re conscionable trying to fig retired really to walk, past you want to study really to run, and past you want to study really to fly. All of those things return time. There’s besides thing very breathtaking and energizing astir learning thing caller arsenic we get older," she adds. "The entrepreneurial journey, for anyone, is simply a lot, and I’m besides really, really fortunate that truthful galore of my adjacent friends are female founders that I tin glean proposal from."