Madonna and Sir Elton John have finally made peace after one of the longest-lasting feuds in the music industry.

The so-called Queen of Pop revealed on Monday night that the pair have “buried the hatchet” and hinted at a possible future collaboration, marking an end to a public squabble that dates back to the early noughties.

Over the years, Sir Elton repeatedly accused Madonna of lip-syncing, said her career was finished in 2012 and called her little more than a “fairground stripper”.

But on Monday, the Vogue singer posted a photo of the pair hugging and wrote: “Over the decades it hurt me to know that someone I admired so much shared his dislike of me publicly as an artist. I didn’t understand it.”

The 66-year-old, whose full name is Madonna Ciccone, decided to “confront” him after his performance on Saturday Night Live over the weekend. “The first thing out of his mouth was, ‘forgive me’ and the wall between us fell down,” she said.

Sir Elton called it a “healing moment” and said his former foe had forgiven him for his “big mouth”.

The relationship between the two music legends first turned sour in 2002 when Sir Elton, 78, called her “Die Another Day” song the “worst Bond tune of all time”.