Oprah Receives Honorary Degree from Harvard University

Oprah Winfrey received an honorary doctorate from Harvard University, on Thursday. The media mogul was obviously deeply touched by the commendation as she accepted the law degree with a few tears brimming in her eyes on the famous campus grounds in Cambridge, Massachusetts.

The honour was bestowed upon the 59-year-old talk show host just hours before she was scheduled to give the featured commencement speech for the graduating class of 2013.

The billionaire brandished an irrepressible grin as she was paraded through the legendary Harvard Yard while both Ivy League professors and graduating students snapped mementos of the celebrity - who was dressed in the school's iconic black cap and crimson gown.

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