Queen Elizabeth strips disgraced Hollywood producer Harvey Weinstein of UK honour

Queen Elizabeth has stripped disgraced producer Harvey Weinstein of the honorary CBE he was awarded in 2004.

It comes months after the former Hollywood producer, 68, was convicted of rape and sexual assault against two women and sentenced to 23 years in prison.

"The Queen has directed that the appointment of Harvey Weinstein to be an Honorary Commander of the Civil Division of the Most Excellent Order of the British Empire, dated January 19 2004, shall be cancelled and annulled and that his name shall be erased from the Register of the said Order," according to a notice in The Gazette, the UK's official public record.

The Forfeiture Committee can remove a honour, with the approval of the queen.

Honourees are "expected to be, and remain, good citizens and role models", according to the UK government's guidance for honours recipients.

The Committee can revoke the honour if a recipient has been found guilty of a criminal offence and sentenced to more than three months in jail.

Weinstein was given the honour to recognise his contribution to the UK film industry, including the US/UK co-production of Best Picture Oscar-winner Shakespeare in Love, which also won Dame Judi Dench the Best Supporting Actress gong for her role as Queen Elizabeth I.

Weinstein and his now ex-wife Georgina Chapman had also previously attend a Dramatic Arts reception hosted by Queen Elizabeth at Buckingham Palace on February 17, 2014.

Once one of the most powerful people in Hollywood, Weinstein's credits also include The English Patient and Good Will Hunting.

Accusations by dozens of women in 2017 led to the end of his career and helped spur #MeToo — a global movement demanding that powerful men be held accountable for their sexual misconduct.