Mezue ahịrịokwu na-esonụ: A na-ekwu na McAlpine nọ na ndepụta ebumnuche nke Provisional Irish Republican Army (IRA). Ọ nọ n'òtù Thatcher mgbe ndị IRA
gbagburu Grand Hotel dị na Brighton n'afọ 1984, ma o merụghị ya ahụ. N'afọ 1990 ndị IRA tụrụ bọmbụ na West Green House, ụlọ dị na Hartley Wintney, ebe o bi izu ole na ole tupu mgbe ahụ, na ebe Thatcher bụ onye ọbịa n'oge gara aga. N'etiti afọ 1980, maka ihe nchekwa na ụtụ isi, McAlpine kpebiri ịkwaga Monaco na Venice. Tupu ọ laa, o rere ọtụtụ ihe o nwere na Sotheby's.