She said she left after feeling unsafe. "It was a pretty bad experience, it was really scary," she said.
Mauritius Prime Minister Navin Ramgoolam hailed the deal as a "great victory for the Mauritian nation"."I have always said we must obtain our sovereignty over the totality of the Chagos, including Diego Garcia," he said.
"The Chagossians must be able to live once again on their islands."US Secretary of State Marco Rubio also welcomed the deal, saying it "secures the long-term, stable and effective operation of the joint US-UK military facility at Diego Garcia, which is critical to regional and global security".However, the agreement has attracted strong criticism from opposition politicians in the UK, who have questioned the cost and say an important military base should not be given to a country with close links to China.
Conservative leader Kemi Badenoch said: "Only Keir Starmer's Labour would negotiate a deal where we're paying to give something away."This is a vital military base. Mauritius is an ally of China."
Former security minister and Conservative MP Tom Tugendhat told BBC Radio 4's The World Tonight show the deal was "a huge shift".
"The agreement that we have just seen, that has just come out, says that the UK government promises to inform the Mauritians of any activity taken from Diego Garcia," he said.Ms Smith said she would be working with Harvey on filling in some of the gaps in his knowledge that came from learning online.
She said practice was key to progress like his."Harvey does at least two hours of practice a day and is very keen to learn which makes a huge difference from a lot of pupils that 'don't have the time' or can only play for 10 minutes a day.
"Sadly, a lot of pupils will find hours for social media but not for practice."An exhibition celebrating the clothing of the mod youth culture in the 1960s is set to open in a city which has close connections with the trend.