Is the body of the missing British diplomat found?

Police announced today that they had found a body two miles from his home in Bentley, near Alton, Hunts.

A Hampshire Constabulary spokesman said that officers investigating the disappearance of Richard Morris from Bentley have found a lifeless body today at Alice Holt Forest.

The official “identification has not yet been made, but the 52-year-old family has been announced. They're being supported by expert officers. Death is not being treated as suspicious and a file for forensics” will be prepared, he said.

Ricchard Morris was to assume the position of British High Commissioner in Fiji in July. He was ambassador to Nepal between 2015 and November 2019 and accompanied Sussex's Duke on a country tour in 2016.

Morris took up his post in Nepal six months after the earthquake destroyed many parts of the country and claimed about 9,000 lives. He had previously been the chief of the Pacific Department in the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and had high diplomatic positions, including Australia and Mexico.

Morris married his wife Allison in 1992, and they have a daughter and two sons. In leisure time, Morris enjoyed long - distance running, reading, traveling, music, and spending time with his family.

He is also an associate of the Charter Institute of Marketing (FCIM) and the Royal Society for Arts, Production and Trade (FRSA).