Rolf Harris charged with assaulting teenage girls, making indecent images Entertainer Rolf Harris has been accused of sexual assault and making indecent images of a child. LEGENDARY Aussie entertainer Rolf Harris was charged last night with a string of sexual offences against two under-age girls and another child. London's Metropolitan Police charged Harris, 83, with six counts of indecent assault of a girl, 15, in 1980-81 and three counts of indecent assault of a girl, 14, in 1986. Four other charges relate to making indecent images of a child between March and July last year. Mr Harris, who moved to Britain in the 1950s, is due to face Westminster Magistrates' Court on September 23. Mr Harris was first questioned over allegations of sexual assault in November. He was arrested in March and again this month after further allegations. London's chief Crown prosecutor, Alison Saunders, said last night the Crown Prosecution Service had concluded after reviewing the evidence that it was in the public interest for Mr Harris to be charged. A woman who answered the phone at the home of Rolf Harris's brother, Bruce, last night said: "I'm sorry, I have no comment." Rolf Harris with Queen Elizabeth II and Kylie Minogue, backstage after the Diamond Jubilee Concert in 2004. Picture: Dave Thompson Ms Saunders said: "We have carefully considered the evidence gathered by the Metropolitan Police Service as part of Operation Yewtree in relation to Rolf Harris, who was initially arrested on 29 November, 2012, over allegations of sexual offences. Having completed our review, we have concluded that there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Harris to be charged with nine counts of indecent assault and four of making indecent images of a child. The alleged indecent assaults date from 1980 to 1986 and relate to two complainants aged 14 and 15 at the time of the alleged offending. Mr Harris was questioned as part of Operation Yewtree, the national police investigation sparked by revelations that the late DJ Jimmy Savile was a paedophile. Police say the allegations against Mr Harris were not connected to Savile. Mr Harris was interviewed under caution on November 29, five days after a search warrant was executed at his Berkshire home but he was publicly named as a Yewtree suspect only in April. The charges will send shockwaves through entertainment and royal circles - the royal family commissioned Mr Harris to perform at Queen Elizabeth's Diamond Jubilee concert. His friends last night reacted with shock, astonishment and disbelief at the charges laid against the star. Singer Vince Hill, who has known Mr Harris for more than 50 years, admitted he was lost for words over the magnitude of the charges. Mr Hill said: "I can't find words to describe my shock and disbelief. I'm sure that in the end this will be a storm in a teacup and everything will be all right. This just isn't the Rolf I know," he said. But whatever happens to him - and everyone is innocent until proven guilty - I'll always be his friend. I find this incredibly unbelievable, and just hope it all comes right for him and his family in the end. "I'm absolutely devastated and cannot believe this has happened to my dear friend of 50 years," Mr Hill said. I will always be there for him and if he wants me and my wife, Annie, in court to support him, so be it. But whatever the outcome, we will never desert him. Mr Harris, who painted a portrait of the Queen in 2005 and performed at her Diamond Jubilee concert last year, has been a family favourite for decades. He had his first musical hit, Tie Me Kangaroo Down, Sport, in 1960, and continued to enjoy success. He also proved popular as a TV presenter, getting his first big break in 1967 when he began hosting his own BBC1 program, The Rolf Harris Show, before moving on to children's TV in the 1980s and then to Animal Hospital, which he hosted from 1994 to 2004. Millions of young people grew up to the sounds of his inimitable wobble board and his sketches that only became clear with the final strokes of his marker pen. Mr Harris, who has lived in Bray, Berkshire, for more than 50 years, was awarded an MBE in 1968, an OBE in 1977 and a CBE in 2006, and was made an Officer of the Order of Australia last Queen's Birthday.