Disgraced former children's entertainer Rolf Harris has been stripped of his CBE, according to an official announcement in the London Gazette.

Harris was convicted last year of indecent assaults, including one on an eight-year-old autograph hunter.

Last Monday the 84-year-old artist and musician had his Officer and Member of the Order of Australia honours removed.

He received his CBE from the Queen in 2006, after he painted her portrait the previous year to mark her 80th birthday.

Harris had previously been awarded an MBE and an OBE.

But there have been calls for the Australian to be stripped of the accolade after he was unmasked as a predatory paedophile and found guilty of 12 indecent assaults last year.

Harris was described at London's Southwark Crown Court as a ''Jekyll and Hyde'' character who used his celebrity status to prey on young girls.

Normal protocol sees honours from Buckingham Palace forfeited in circumstances where the person is considered to have brought the system into disrepute.

A recommendation can be made by the Honours and Appointments Secretariat to the forfeiture committee to revoke an honour if a person has been found guilty of a criminal offence.

The decision to revoke an honour must be approved by the Queen.

During sentencing last year, Mr Justice Sweeney told Harris: "Your reputation lies in ruins. You have been stripped of your honours and you have no one to blame but yourself."

Harris's Bafta fellowship was removed almost immediately after his conviction.