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Richard Morris was British Excessive Commissioner to Fiji
Police looking for a missing British diplomat have found a physique in a forest in Hampshire.
Richard Morris, from Bentley, was final seen operating in Alton in the county on 6 Might.
Hampshire Constabulary stated officers had found a physique in Alice Holt Forest and the loss of life was not being handled as suspicious.
Formal identification has not but taken place, however the 52-year-old’s household have been notified.
Father-of-three Mr Morris was the UK ambassador to Nepal for 4 years till 2019.
Earlier than his disappearance he was appointed British Excessive Commissioner to Fiji.
Mr Morris had also worked as head of the Pacific division on the Overseas and Commonwealth Workplace (FCO), consul normal in Sydney in addition to director normal of commerce and funding in Australasia.
In a earlier assertion, the Overseas Workplace described him as a “much-valued and well-liked colleague”.
