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Harry's sacked teacher wins claim
 Forsyth claimed the college treated her unfairly during contract discussions. YOUR E-MAIL ALERTSLONDON, England -- A sacked Eton College art teacher who secretly taped Prince Harry in an attempt to save her job has won her case for unfair dismissal from the school. Sarah Forsyth, 30, took the world-famous public school to an employment tribunal earlier this year claiming that Eton had unfairly decided not to renew her contract. The tribunal panel announced Monday that Forsyth had won her case for unfair dismissal under the Employment Rights Act 1996 but rejected a separate unfair dismissal claim and threw out her claim of sex discrimination. Forsyth claimed that she was treated unfairly by the college during discussions about whether her contract would be extended after the summer of 2003. She also accused her head of department, Ian Burke, of bullying her and giving improper assistance to pupils during exams. During the tribunal in May, Forsyth claimed that she had written most of the text of the prince's art coursework journal, something she said was "unethical and probably constituted cheating." The prince, third in line to Britain's throne who is currently enrolled at Sandhurst Royal Military Academy, has strenuously denied any suggestion that he cheated, and an investigation by an examination board found no evidence of any improper behavior. During the hearing, Forsyth also claimed that Burke had "touched up" the prince's aboriginal-inspired artwork which was displayed to the media when Harry completed his time at Eton. In a lengthy judgment on the case, the tribunal panel described Forsyth as consistent and "truthful" on the whole. But the panel added: "The one reason where she did alter her evidence was in relation to her allegations concerning Prince Harry's expressive art project and the assistance she says she was required to give him." In a last-ditch bid to save her job in the summer of 2003, Forsyth secretly tape-recorded the prince talking about the coursework journal the previous year. The panel found that their "inevitable conclusion" was that Forsyth's dismissal had been unreasonable. The panel issued a stinging criticism of Burke, who had a meeting with Forsyth five months before her dismissal, which she secretly tape recorded. "He did undermine and bully her and that is evident by his use of the phrase 'The kid gloves are off,'" the panel said. 
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