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swans and his over-vivid imagination made sure that his listeners were never allowed to forget this." Harris was journeying east across the
Mediterranean when he had a stroke. The ship he was traveling on put in at Malta and he was taken to the King George V hospital where he died on 4 April 1933. His body was taken back to Tangier and he was buried there at the
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Morocco's independence should be preserved and that the country should be helped to modernise itself and overcome the endemic disorder that plagued it. He therefore helped initially to support the Germans, who likewise opposed French involvement in Morocco, until he was instructed in 1905 by
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where he lived for much of his life. His linguistic skills and physical appearance enabled him to pose successfully as a native
Moroccan, travelling to parts of the country regarded as off-limits to foreigners. He wrote a number of well-regarded books and articles on his travels in Morocco and other
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who repeatedly fought the
Moroccan government (and later the Spanish) during the first 25 years of the 20th century. Harris was captured and briefly imprisoned by Raisuni, regaining his freedom via a prisoner exchange, but came to establish a friendship with the chieftain and later wrote admiringly
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He played an active part in the international disputes in
Morocco, using his access to high-ranking Moroccan figures to influence the course of events. Britain had long been Morocco's dominant trading partner and Harris initially opposed France's ambitions to play a bigger role in the country. He
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from 1898 to 1906, but the marriage was annulled on the grounds of non-consummation. He lived an openly homosexual, tending towards paedophilic, lifestyle thereafter, though this was little hindrance in the social milieu of
Tangier at the time. He was independently wealthy, living off a personal
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which used it until 1992. It subsequently fell into disrepair despite designation in 2007 as a building of national historic value. It was eventually renovated and opened on 16 March 2021 as a museum, with exhibits donated by
Moroccan art collector El Khalil Belguench that include works by
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in 1887 and became a permanent correspondent from 1906, at a time when
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countries in the Near and Far East. Harris also played a significant, though not always constructive, role in the
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Harris thereafter toned down his hostility to France, though he continued to press for international efforts to assist
Morocco's modernisation. He came to admire the efficiency of the administration of
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