Oprah Winfrey brings best friend Gayle King on a yacht cruise while on holiday in the Virgin Islands

Their special intimate friendship has endured an impressive 38 years.

And Oprah Winfrey brought along her best friend Gayle King on a yacht cruise of Magens Bay Beach in the Virgin Islands last week.

The 60-year-old media mogul appeared excited for their boating adventure in the Caribbean entirely clad in preppy white.

Inseparable for 38 years! Oprah Winfrey brought along her best friend Gayle King on a yacht cruise of Magens Bay Beach in the Virgin Islands last week

The OWN CEO's vessel - which featured solar paneling - toured the Bay's picturesque white sand beach stretching three quarters of a mile.
Not seen with Oprah and Gayle was the legendary talk show host's partner of 28 years, Stedman Graham.

The Oscar-nominated diva and her 59-year-old gal pal are practically inseparable, which has led to persistent gay rumours.
'I am not lesbian. I am not even kind of lesbian,' The Butler star told Barbara Walters on ABC News in 2010.

Anchors away! The 60-year-old media mogul appeared excited for their boating adventure in the Caribbean entirely clad in preppy white

Cruising together: The OWN CEO's vessel - which featured solar paneling - toured the Bay's picturesque white sand beach stretching three quarters of a mile

Billionaire lifestyle: Oprah - whose net worth is $2.9 billion - owns lavish homes in her native Chicago, California, New Jersey, Florida, Telluride, Maui, and Antigua

'That irritates me because it means somebody must think I'm lying. That's No. 1. No. 2: why would you want to hide it? That is not the way I run my life.’

Oprah even appointed Gayle as editor-at-large of O aka The Oprah Magazine.
‘She's the mother I never had. She is the sister everybody would want,' a teary Winfrey continued.

'She is the friend everybody deserves. I don't know a better person. I don’t know a better person.'

'I am not lesbian. I am not even kind of lesbian': The Oscar-nominated diva and her 59-year-old gal pal are practically inseparable, which has led to persistent gay rumours

'The love, the lover, the partner, the mate': Not seen with Oprah and Gayle was the legendary talk show host's partner of 28 years, Stedman Graham

Since 2012, Gayle has also served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning, which airs every weekday morning.
King has an adult son and daughter from ex-husband Bill Bumpus, whom she divorced in 1993 after 11 years.

Oprah began her Sunday morning brewing her Starbucks signature chai tea.

'Getting my chai on...ready for Super Soul Sunday!' she captioned a snap of herself wearing an 'I Love Sundays' T-shirt.

'Getting my chai on...ready for Super Soul Sunday!' Oprah began her Sunday morning brewing her Starbucks signature chai tea

'Stopping to smell the roses after workout': The billionaire presenter then took a stroll through her impressive rose garden in Montecito following a morning workout

The billionaire presenter then took a stroll through her impressive rose garden following a morning workout.

Oprah - whose net worth is $2.9 billion - resides on a 42-acre estate in Montecito, CA dubbed 'The Promised Land.'

Winfrey also owns lavish homes in her native Chicago, New Jersey, Florida, Telluride, Maui, and Antigua.

The Color Purple star's eight-city speaking engagement tour The Life You Want kicks off the first weekend of September in Atlanta.

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When she's not editing Oprah's magazine: Since 2012, Gayle has served as co-anchor for CBS This Morning, which airs every weekday morning

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