Rubuta ci gaba ga wannan sakin layi - McAlpine an yi zargin cewa yana cikin jerin sunayen da ke cikin Rundunar Republican Republican ta Irish (IRA). Yana cikin tawagar Thatcher lokacin da IRA ta kai harin bam
Grand Hotel a Brighton a shekarar 1984, amma ba a ji rauni ba. A cikin 1990 IRA ta jefa bam a West Green House, wani gida a Hartley Wintney, inda ya zauna makonni kaɗan da suka gabata, kuma inda a baya Thatcher ta kasance baƙo. A tsakiyar shekarun 1980, saboda dalilai na tsaro da haraji, McAlpine ya yanke shawarar komawa Monaco da Venice. Kafin tafiyarsa ya sayar da yawancin kayansa a Sotheby's.