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October 2004
October 27, 2004 - -
Hugh Grant: Prince Harry should 'kick' paparazzi
October 27, 2004, 12:18:31 Hugh Grant has offered Prince Harry advice on how to deal with the paparazzi - "kick them".
Following the young royal's scuffle with a photographer outside a London nightclub last week, the Hollywood actor has defended Harry's actions.
He said of the paparazzi: "I shout at them, kick them, hate them. I've always been dreadful with them.
In fact, I fantasise sometimes about leaving London to escape the paparazzi, but it's very difficult to know where to go."
Despite claiming he hates being photographed, Hugh doesn't even bother to disguise himself when he goes out in public - because he looks stupid in a baseball cap.
He is quoted by Britain's Daily Telegraph newspaper as saying: "I can't be doing much with a disguise any more.
A baseball cap is just so unattractive. In terms of being recognised, I just grin and bear it."
October 23, 2004 - -
No apology from Prince Harry
PRINCE Harry will not apologise to a paparazzi photographer with whom he scuffled outside a London nightclub, a royal spokesman said today.
"I don't think it really requires that," said Paddy Harverson, communications secretary to Harry's father, Prince Charles.
Mr Harverson said photographers had been aggressive with the 20-year-old prince when he emerged from the trendy Pangaea nightclub early on Thursday morning.
Royal officials have said Harry pushed back at a photographer after being hit in the face with a camera. Photographer Chris Uncle, who suffered a cut lip, contended that Harry struck him without provocation.
"The fact was the paparazzi were pretty aggressive," Mr Harverson told BBC radio.
October 22, 2004 - -
Prince Harry apologises to dad over scuffle
London - Prince Harry has apologised to his father, Prince Charles, over his scuffle with a paparazzi photographer outside a London nightclub, the Evening Standard newspaper said on Friday.
It said the 20-year-old prince - who has been striving to shake off his public image as a party animal - apologised before the Prince of Wales embarked on an official trip to Italy.
Harry was leaving the Pangaea nightclub - a known hangout for soap opera stars and so-called "glamour models" - in the early hours of Thursday when he clashed with celebrity photographer Chris Uncle.
The fracas left Uncle, 24, with a cut lip. He has not pressed charges, despite alleging that Harry had "deliberately lashed out" at him.
A spokesperson for Clarence House, the official residence of Prince Charles and his sons, said: "Of course he has spoken to his father but any conversation will remain private."
Harry's mother, the late Princess Diana, died in a 1997 car crash in Paris as she and her lover Dodi Fayed were being pursued at high speed by paparazzi on motorbikes.
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The moment Prince Harry's temper snapped
KAREN MCVEIGH
AN UNSEEMLY scuffle outside a nightclub, a photographer with a cut lip and a series of embarrassing photographs of another "celebrity" with his hackles up.
Inevitably, two very different versions of events have emerged as each side attempts to shed the best light on events that took place in the early hours yesterday.
But the fact the "celebrity" in question was Prince Harry, the third in line to the throne, has led to images of the Royal’s attack on a paparazzo - from several different angles - being shown on TV and splashed over the pages of newspapers.
The final indignity was a shot showing a furious-looking prince being grappled around the waist by one of his protection officers, who tries to bundle him into the car.
Prince Harry slumped down in his seat as he was driven away, his head in his hands.
That was no doubt what members of the Royal household felt like doing as they sought to draw a veil over the latest incident involving Prince Harry.
The Prince of Wales’s office at Clarence House said the 20-year-old was simply defending himself, after being hit on the nose by a camera when photographers crowded around him as he got into his car.
The Royal version of events has been questioned by at least two photographers outside Pangea’s nightclub. They say the prince lashed out without provocation.
But whatever happened, the shots will join a rogue’s photo-gallery of the prince, including one where he delivered an obscene gesture to photographers while partying with polo friends.
In contrast to his more serious brother, Prince Harry is often portrayed as a privileged playboy, a label which his admitted drinking, cannabis smoking and love of partying has done little to dispel, despite the best efforts of his father’s staff.
The latest incident, which comes just a week after he found himself at the centre of allegations - subsequently denied - that he cheated in his art A-level at Eton, is not just another setback.
Rather, the sight of Prince Harry, flushed with anger, scrapping on the street in the early hours of the morning outside a nightclub is one that will imprint on the minds of many for some time to come.
In one night, albeit a long one, he has managed to erase a long and painstaking PR campaign to rehabilitate his image.
This year, he went to Lesotho to make a documentary about AIDS orphans. He told how he wanted to dedicate himself to continuing the humanitarian work begun by his mother.
Only last month, the world saw another positive side as the prince set off on a tour promoting rugby in underprivileged and inner-city areas.
Yesterday, the Clarence House spin was that Harry, already under pressure after the cheating claims, was under siege by the media as he left the club.
This version will no doubt afford the prince some sympathy. Both princes have an uneasy relationship with the media, a legacy of their mother, Princess Diana, who died after being pursued by paparazzi through Paris in 1997.
One former royal press secretary, Dickie Arbiter, said it was an incident waiting to happen.
"Every time Harry goes out he is stalked. He is ambushed and there is a little bit of intimidation in order for the paparazzi to get the right photograph, and it was one of those things that was waiting to happen," he said.
Yesterday, Chris Uncle, the photographer involved in the incident, claimed the prince "deliberately lashed out", and said he suffered a cut lip in the course of the fracas.
He told London’s Evening Standard that he reported the incident to police shortly afterwards and was considering making a formal complaint.
Mr Uncle, 24, who works for the Big Pictures agency, said the prince "burst out the car and lunged towards me as I was still taking pictures.
"He lashed out and then deliberately pushed my camera into my face."
He said the prince was repeatedly saying: "Why are you doing this? Why don’t you just leave me alone?"
Another photographer who was outside the club supported Mr Uncle’s version of events.
The incident comes a week after sacked Eton art mistress Sarah Forsyth claimed she helped him to pass one of his A-levels.
GROWING PAINS
FROM raising one-fingered salutes to photographers with his polo friends, to his boisterous partying with models at popular nightclubs, Prince Harry has established a reputation as the Royal Family’s hellraising playboy.
He was just 18 when he admitted smoking cannabis at his father’s home, Highgrove in Gloucestershire and even younger when caught under-age drinking in his local pub. It turned out he had been barred for vomiting all over the bar and swearing at the chef.
His heavy drinking, partying and love of pretty girls have often been excused as part of growing up. He is, after all, the third in line to the throne, without the responsibilities felt by Prince William.
His love of women has given rise to rumours that he is a ladies man. In August, he was pictured smooching with Laura Gerard-Leigh, the daughter of a wealthy City businessman, in a bar.
The parent of one of his friends recently described him as "the centre of attention at these parties, the one who is first to do the silly dare, the first to snog a girl".
His exuberance was enjoyed earlier this year by Lauren Pope, a topless model who was pictured perched on his knee, kissing and cuddling him at Chinawhite nightclub.
But more recently, there has been deepening concern that Prince Harry’s behaviour is indicative of an arrogance and disregard for others.
There have even been reports that a royal protection officer asked to be removed from his post because he found his charge too difficult.
THE latest exploits will be a bitter blow to Paddy Harverson, the Prince of Wales’s communications secretary and the man behind recent attempts to rehabilitate Prince Harry’s image.
Adept at steering the media towards the least damaging line of a crisis from his days at Manchester United, Mr Harverson took over what some said was a poisoned chalice last year after Colleen Harris and, before her, Mark Bolland quit the scene.
Tackling claims by Prince Harry’s former art teacher at Eton that she helped him cheat during his A-level, Mr Harverson said the allegations had been "independently investigated and proven unfounded".
His predecessors worked hard to counter criticism the Royal Family received after the trial of the former butler Paul Burrell - and Bolland reacted to the News of the World’s claims of Prince Harry smoking cannabis by informing them of Prince Charles’s trip with his son to a rehabilitation clinic.
But Mr Harverson has gone further. When a newspaper columnist this year described Prince Harry as a "national disgrace" and questioned the motives behind his high-profile meeting with AIDS patients in Africa, Mr Harverson took the unprecedented step of writing to the newspaper.
His letter said the piece, written after Harry had rejected some official engagements, was grossly inaccurate, ill-informed and gave the wrong impression of the prince, who he suggested was just a typical teen.
October 21, 2004 - -
PRINCE HARRY IN UGLY NIGHTCLUB SCUFFLE
Prince Harry was involved in an ugly scuffle with a photographer outside a London nightclub in the early hours of this morning.
The Prince, 20, was hit in the face with a camera while the photographer suffered a cut lip during the brawl.
Eye-witnesses said the Prince was swearing as he lunged at the cameraman before being bustled away by his bodyguards.
A Royal spokesman, however, claimed the Prince had been defending himself and had tried to push the camera away during the incident which occurred outside the Pangaea nightclub in central London at around 3am this morning.
"Prince Harry was hit in the face by a camera as photographers crowded around him as he was getting into a car," the spokesman said.
In pushing the camera away, it's understood that a photographer's lip was cut."
The photographer involved, however, claims the Prince "deliberately lashed out".
Chris Uncle, 24, said he had reported the incident to police shortly afterwards and was now considering whether to make a formal complaint.
Mr Uncle, who works for the Big Pictures agency said: "Prince Harry looked like he was inside the car and we were all still taking pictures.
Then suddenly he burst out of the car and lunged towards me as I was still taking pictures.
He lashed out and then deliberately pushed my camera into my face.
The base of the camera struck me and cut my bottom lip.
At the same time he was repeatedly saying 'Why are you doing this? Why don't you just leave me alone?"'
Pictures circulating of the incident show Harry, who is third in line to the throne, being held back while apparently taking a lunge at a cameraman.
Another shows a cameraman struggling with the Prince while other photographers watched on. Following the fracas, Harry was bundled into a car and driven away by royal bodyguards.
One eyewitness who claims to have witnessed the flare up said Harry had been getting into a car to leave when the photographer took a picture.
Photographer Charlie Pycraft said: "He went for him for no apparent reason. He was the most mild-mannered photographer."
Another witness said the Prince was swearing during the altercation and buried his head in his knees afterwards as his car sped away.
The incident comes only weeks after Prince Harry was accused of cheating in an art A-level exam and as he prepares to enter the Army as an officer cadet at the Royal Military Academy at Sandhurst.
Former Royal spokesman Dickie Arbiter said today: Prince Harry can't go anywhere without photographers stalking him. The Windsor genes are in him and that includes having a pretty volatile temper."
October 17, 2004 - -
Prince Harry voted the Prince of 'Chavs'
Prince Harry has recently received a somewhat unlikely honor, he has been voted the prince of 'Chavs,' the name given to the followers of the latest fashion fad that has hit the British youth and involves donning sportswear, baseball caps and bling bling jewelry.
According to the Sun, the 20-year old Prince has become a role model for most 'Chavs' because he is often spotted in Adidas tracksuits and baseball caps, smoking cigarettes and even hanging out at the coolest 'Chavs' nightclub, 'Chinawhite Blindin.'
Prince Harry also has a fascination for wearing beaded bracelets, which are another Chav favorite, and he uses a lot of slang like 'innit' and 'yeah' instead of speaking in proper English. His spiky and gelled hair also makes him a perfect 'Chav.' (ANI)
October 15, 2004 - -
Prince Harry is cleared by exam board
By Liz Lightfoot, Education Correspondent
Prince Harry was cleared yesterday of cheating in his art A-level by the examination board that set and marked his papers.
Edexcel said it had re-examined all the prince's written coursework and listened to the tape recording at the centre of the allegation.
"It has been determined that the tape is inconclusive and not sufficient grounds to warrant the re-opening of the malpractice investigation," it said.
The case has highlighted concern about projects which students are supposed to complete on their own and the widespread confusion about the point at which legitimate help for students ends and cheating begins.
On Monday, Mike Tomlinson, the former chief inspector of schools, will recommend the scrapping of coursework in sixth form exams and its replacement by one long piece of original work as part of his blueprint for the wider reform of secondary education.
Though Edexcel knew the allegation had been made against the prince, the senior examiners reviewing the work had done so without knowing the identity of the candidate, said a spokesman.
"We reviewed the unit and compared it with other units he had completed for his AS level in 2003 and with the three he submitted for the A2 this year. We looked at previous GCSE work and considered handwriting, spelling and consistent language," she said.
"In this case it was a journal of emerging ideas written over the year and we looked at the use of different pens, at the links between the words and the sketches, the phraseology and whether the tone was consistent with the work of an 18 year old and concluded that there was no evidence that it had been written by someone else."
David Hart, the general secretary of the National Association of Head Teachers, said there was widespread concern about coursework.
"The system is wide open to abuse," he said.
"Parents can give an enormous amount of help to their children and there is a very fine line between guiding them and doing it for them."
Schools say pupils are encouraged by exam boards to do several drafts of their projects and teachers see it as part of their job to make comments and suggestions along the way.
The allegation that Prince Harry had cheated surfaced at an employment tribunal in Reading where Susan Forsyth, an unqualified art teacher, is claiming unfair dismissal and sex discrimination by Eton College.
Miss Forsyth, 30, who was taken on by the school after completing an MA in art, alleges that the then head of art ordered her to help the prince with his AS-level art and design coursework.
She claims that he told her to add the text to a number of drawings by the prince in order to explain their context and inspirations and she complied through fear of being victimised if she refused.
She produced a tape recording of a conversation she had with the prince minutes before he sat one of his A-level exams.
She claims that he admits that she wrote most of the text and he contributed "a tiny, tiny bit, only a sentence" but the sound quality is poor on the brief extract and lawyers have questioned whether it has been edited.
Edexcel said Prince Harry had signed the routine form stating that the journal and the accompanying art work was his own, which was also signed by a teacher. He went on to gain a B grade in art and a D grade in geography, sufficient to qualify him for a place at Sandhurst.
Earlier this year the National Union of Teachers called for a "radical rethink" of coursework after a survey of members found widespread concern about its unreliability because of the difficulty of proving that students had worked on their own. Middle class students were more likely to get help from home and school, they said.
Andrew Cunningham, who has taught English at four leading independent schools, described coursework as "a can of worms".
"I have never come across direct cheating but what concerns me is the official sanctioning by exam boards of help and guidance with coursework that is allowed to be given by parents and teachers.
"No one points the finger of blame because what used to be called cheating is now perfectly acceptable," he said.
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Prince Harry exam probe ruled out
READING, England (AP) -- An examination board said Friday that a tape recording in which Prince Harry allegedly admitted cheating on an art exam was insufficient to warrant a renewed investigation.
A former teacher who claims she was unfairly dismissed from Eton College after being ordered to help Prince Harry cheat on an exam tried to prove her allegation to a tribunal on Thursday by using a secret tape recording she had made while talking to him.
Sarah Forsyth, 30, has told the tribunal that she wrote nearly all the text of an art project that Prince Harry submitted to pass an important exam in 2002.
Her attorney, Robin Allen, quoted Harry as saying on the tape: "It was a tiny, tiny bit. I did about a sentence of it."
The examining board, Edexcel, said the teacher's evidence was not enough to warrant a new investigation.
"Edexcel has now reviewed the tape both by listening to it and reading the transcript provided for the tribunal," said board spokeswoman Stevie Pattison-Dick.
"It has been determined that the tape is inconclusive and not sufficiently evidentiary grounds to warrant the reopening of the malpractice investigation in this instance."
Forsyth claims that Prince Harry, the son of Prince Charles and the late Princess Diana, was referring to the amount of work that he had done on the course materials submitted to the exam board.
Eton later released its own transcript of the tape, with Prince Harry something slightly different: "I was, like, a sentence in it."
The grade that Prince Harry received for the course work helped him win admission to his next school, Sandhurst, where he will train as a military officer.
Paddy Harverson, a spokesman for Prince Charles, said Thursday: "This is incredibly unfair on Harry. Miss Forsyth's lawyers have given the court a brief extract from the tape and placed their own interpretation upon it."
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Sir Trevor Brooking Makes Offer to Prince Harry
By Laura Elston, Deputy Court Correspondent, PA News
West Ham legend Sir Trevor Brooking put in a bid for a new football coach today – 20-year-old Prince Harry.
The ex-soccer star was collecting his knighthood from the Prince of Wales at Buckingham Palace for years of service to the sport.
Sir Trevor revealed afterwards: “He said one of his sons was quite interested in rugby coaching.
I said if he loses interest we need more football coaches, though we might have to work on him.”
Harry, whose Eton art teacher has claimed he cheated in an exam, has been coaching with the RFU as part of his gap year.
Midfielder Sir Trevor, 56, made his West Ham debut at the age of 18 and spent 19 years with the club.
He was also capped 47 times for England during his lengthy career.
Receiving his honour, he described it as a “privilege”, saying his whole life had been dedicated to football. His days on the pitch are now long over and he admitted to suffering with a problem with his knee.
“My daughter joked it might let me down when I was kneeling to be knighted, but it was OK.”
Sir Trevor is still devoted to the Hammers and will watch them play QPR tomorrow, hoping they will secure a promotion this season.
“West Ham have lost three league games which I haven’t been to. So I think the managers hope I might be a lucky omen,” he said.
Sir Trevor, who lives in Shenfield, Essex, is now the FA’s director of football development and he called for more money to be put into soccer.
“Sport and football in general has been badly neglected for the last 20 years. It is starting to improve.”
West Ham fans who were waiting to receive their honours at the Palace broke away from their line-ups to shake Sir Trevor’s hand, with one punching his fist in the air proclaiming “Hammers”.
October 14, 2004 - -
Prince's plans for a county mansion
THE Prince of Wales plans to recreate an historic Here-fordshire
manor house.
Prince Charles, through the Duchy of Cornwall, wants to build a multi-
million pound property on the exact site of the former Harewood Park
mansion, halfway between Hereford and Ross-on-Wye.
The news will rekindle speculation that the house could one day be
the home of Prince William.
However, three years after the rumours first surfaced, a Duchy
spokesman would not be drawn on who would live there.
David Curtis said: "No doubt there will be speculation as to who will
live here, but I won't be drawn at the moment.
It is important to bear in mind the house won't be finished until
2010 and its main role will be to provide the heart of the major
regeneration project on the estate, which includes a number of farm
buildings and cottages, as well as parkland.
The project is about regeneration and creating jobs and
approximately 10 families will eventual live on the estate and we
will be providing 15,000 square foot of potential workspace."
The original mansion, which is believed to have dated back to 1215,
had fallen into a state of disrepair and was demolished in 1959 by
the SAS.
Craig Hamilton Architects have designed the new building, which
consists of a square central block containing the principal rooms on
two storeys.
Symmetrical single storey wings either side of the main block would
provide additional accommodation.
Although not on the same grand scale as the previous mansion, the new
home would incorporate six to eight bedrooms, an entrance portico, an
outer hall, an inner hall, a drawing room, a morning room, an inner
hall, a study, a kitchen, a dining room, an orangery, a store room, a
pantry, a laundry, a utility room and a boot room.
Landscaping of the estate's gardens also forms part of the planning
application submitted to Herefordshire Council.
Terracing and ha-ha paths feature, as do a number of trees that rise
above the manor house.
Mr Curtis confirmed that the Duchy of Cornwall had received DEFRA
grants for elements of the Harewood Park project, including the
regeneration of farm buildings and parkland, but insisted no public
funds had been received for the new manor house.
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Prince Harry's Art Teacher and 'Incriminating Secret Tape'
By Simon Evans, PA News
Prince Harry’s art teacher secretly recorded a conversation with her royal pupil – which she claims incriminated him in exam cheating – in an attempt to fight her pending dismissal from Eton College, a tribunal heard today.
Sarah Forsyth’s barrister told a hearing, held to prepare for next year’s industrial tribunal into her alleged unfair dismissal, that the school’s continued failure to act on her complaints of harassment, made against another member of staff, led her to take this step.
Her barrister, Robin Allen QC, said that, after feeling ignored by the school, the 30-year-old then decided to obtain evidence of exam “cheating” involving Ian Burke, the head of art at Eton, against whom her allegations were made.
The hearing, in Reading, was told how she claimed Mr Burke had instructed her to carry out work for the prince’s AS-level project in 2002.
The work involved writing text to accompany pieces submitted in the prince’s “expressive” project.
Mr Allen said Miss Forsyth felt this was “unethical and probably constituted cheating,” but, after “no attempt” had been made by the school to act on her allegations against Mr Burke, she decided not to mention it for fear she would be further “victimised” if she did.
“She was not sure why she was asked but she did it because Mr Burke asked her,” Mr Allen said.
After being given a one-year extension to her contract the following year, she realised her position as a teacher at Eton was “precarious,” the hearing was told.
Eventually as a last resort, “she felt it was necessary to tape record an admission by Prince Harry that the work he had done for his expressive project was largely hers,” the hearing was told.
The hearing heard how Miss Forsyth said: “I decided the AS work the year before was the clearest example of Mr Burke’s cheating.
“I felt I somewhat cornered at the time because no one was willing to listen to me and act on my complaints.”
Miss Forsyth said it had proved “difficult to talk to Prince Harry because he was always closely guarded by his bodyguards.”
But on May 16 2003, as the prince made his way to his A-level exam, she seized her opportunity.
Calling him into her room, she secretly recorded a conversation with the prince, in which she claims he said of his AS-level project the year before: “I did about a sentence of it.”
This exact quote was told to the tribunal panel by Mr Allen. However, in a transcript released by Eton later the wording differed slightly with Prince Harry apparently saying: “I was, like, a sentence in it”.
His 10-hour painting exam was set to start at 2.15pm and Prince Harry left her office at 2.18pm, it was heard.
Moments later Mr Burke, after noticing the prince was late, burst in on Miss Forsyth, demanding to know what had been discussed. But she did not say.
It was claimed by Mr Allen today that this incident, and the subsequent knowledge that a recording had been made, had contributed to her dismissal on June 16, a month later.
Nigel Giffen QC, for Eton, said the headmaster only knew about the recording when Miss Forsyth mentioned it to him a letter on June 25 after her dismissal.
He insisted she had been dismissed simply after the school decided she was not fit for the post.
Referring to the tape recording, the QC said she had later decided to “detonate her secret weapon,” adding that the disclosure of its existence had been “pretty grubby.”
Today’s proceedings were given ove
r to debating whether the “Harry issue” should be included in the full industrial tribunal.
It was also argued by Mr Giffen that the identities of all the pupils named in the evidence should be suppressed.
After hearing from both sides, chairman Richard Byrne, ruled that, owing to last weekend’s report in the News of the World, Prince Harry’s identity could now no longer be kept secret.
“It is obviously unfortunate that Prince Harry’s name has been mentioned,” he said, referring to Mr Giffen’s intended application to have the royal remain anonymous.
“It is no longer possible to preserve his anonymity.”
The chairman instructed Miss Forsyth’s barrister, Robin Allen QC, to replace all students’ names with “a pupil” in their case evidence – “save for the instances where this will be pointless (Prince Harry’s case)”.
He concluded that the incident regarding Prince Harry being recorded should be included in the full seven-day tribunal, which will take place some time between May 3 and 17 next year.
Mr Byrne gave the barristers in the case 14 days in which to confirm a start date.
Earlier, the hearing today was told how Miss Forsyth’s allegedly unanswered complaints ranged from threatening behaviour and being told off by Mr Burke in front of a full class.
Miss Forsyth’s case for unfair dismissal will be heard in full at next year’s tribunal.
October 10, 2004 - -
Prince Harry denies exam cheat allegation
Prince Harry has vigorously denied claims he cheated in his A level art coursework.
The allegations were made by Sarah Forsyth, a former art teacher at the prestigious Eton College.
Ms Forsyth's claims were made public in the News of the World ahead of an employment tribunal in which she will say she was unfairly dismissed from the top boarding school.
A spokesman for Eton said staff contacted the Edexcel exam board last summer after Ms Forsyth alleged that Prince Harry cheated in his AS level art coursework - which counts towards his A level.
The art teacher claimed a senior master asked her to help Prince Harry compile his AS level art coursework, according to the News of the World.
A statement released by Clarence House last night said: "It is not true that Harry cheated in his exams. These are unfounded allegations by a disaffected teacher in the context of her dispute with the school.
A full investigation into these allegations was held by the relevant exam board which found no evidence to support the claims.''
A senior Edexcel examiner double checked the work, which made up around 20% of the final A-level grade. He concluded that the anonymous candidate had not cheated.
A spokesman for Eton College said: "We believe these allegations to be absurd. They are not just untrue - the exam board confirmed this - but are of no relevance to the tribunal case whatsoever.
Eton refused to give in to what appeared to be a crude attempt to embarrass the college into paying money. That is why we are determined to fight this matter in tribunal."
Ms Forsyth was employed as an art teacher at Eton College on a two year probationary contract which was extended for a third year. She was not kept on after the contract expired at the end of the 2003 academic year.
The art teacher taught GCSE level pupils but did not teach Prince Harry's art class.
Ms Forsyth will claim she was unfairly dismissed by Eton College at an employment tribunal due to start in Reading tomorrow. The hearing is expected to last around five days.
Stevie Pattison-Dick, spokeswoman for the Edexcel exam board, said a senior examiner had checked the coursework for evidence of cheating.
She said: "An allegation had been made and Eton notified Edexcel and we thoroughly investigated the allegation. A senior examiner said the allegation was unsubstantiated."
Prince Harry, 20, achieved a Grade B for art and D for geography after sitting his A-level exams in the summer of 2003. He dropped history of art after his AS exams.
He is expected to take up his place at Sandhurst in January, beginning his life as a career soldier.