David Walliams dropped from Waterstones Children’s Book Festival

Children’s author and comedian David Walliams has been dropped from Waterstones Children’s Book Festival (Aaron Chown/PA) - (PA Archive)

Children’s author and comedian David Walliams has been removed from the line-up for the Waterstones Children’s Book Festival, the book chain has said.

It comes after the 54-year-old’s book publisher HarperCollins dropped him last week, following an investigation into allegations he had “harassed” young women.