article_snippet: Normal protocol sees honours forfeited where the person is considered to have brought our honours system into disrepute.
article_snippet: 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, and the final decision must be approved by the Queen.
article_snippet: You have been stripped of your honours and you have no one to blame but yourself.'
article_snippet: The decision by the Honours Forfeiture Committee, published in the London Gazette today (pictured), would have been approved by Prime Minister David Cameron and the Queen before being officially published .
article_snippet: The entertainer has previously said: 'I find it difficult to understand why it has taken the Honours Forfeiture Committee so long. '
article_snippet: Mr Danczuk added: 'They have come close to bringing the whole honours system into disrepute, and you would have They honours would have been removed more quickly. '
article_snippet: Honours are usually only removed from people convicted and jailed, but the Cabinet Office said the scale of the RBS disaster - which had to be bailed out to the tune of £45billion by the taxpayer - made the case 'exceptional'.