Rolf Harris will appear in a London court next month charged with indecently assaulting two teenage girls in the 1980s and more recently, making indecent images of a child in 2012.
Announcing the 13 separate charges on Thursday, British prosectors said they had reviewed evidence gathered by police and determined there was "a realistic prospect of conviction".
The Australian entertainer, 83, has been charged with nine counts of indecently assaulting two girls aged 14 and 15 between 1980 and 1986.
Harris is also facing four charges of making indecent images of a child between March and July 2012.
"We have concluded there is sufficient evidence and it is in the public interest for Mr Harris to be charged," London's chief crown prosecutor Alison Saunders said in a statement.
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The Australian artist and singer was charged when he attended a police station on Thursday to answer bail.
He's been bailed again to appear at Westminster Magistrates Court on September 23.
Harris was first questioned over allegations of sexual assault in late November 2012.
He was arrested in late March 2013 by officers from Operation Yewtree, which was established following the Jimmy Savile sex abuse scandal.
At the beginning of August, he was rearrested following further allegations.
A police file of evidence was then passed to prosecutors just over a fortnight ago, on August 12.
Harris has remained tight-lighted since the allegations against him were made public.
The octogenarian has made just two public appearances, performing at Bristol in mid-May and the Wickham Festival in Hampshire at the beginning of this month.
At the most recent gig, a clearly emotional Harris stumbled over his words when thanking the cheering crowd of 2500 festival-goers.
"Just before I go any further I would just like to thank you all for my support ... for your support," Harris said.
Harris's British agent has not returned any of AAP's calls or emails.
The entertainer was replaced as the host of British television show Animal Clinic after being arrested a second time in early August.
It was revealed in April he'd been dropped as the face of British Paints.
Operation Yewtree was established after a TV documentary aired allegations that former BBC presenter Savile, who died in 2011 aged 84, sexually abused countless children.
