Lord McAlpine was for decades accused of paedophilia (child rape) in print by Scallywag Magazine and Anti-Paedophile Campaigner and Activist, Mr David Icke. In all those years McAlpine never sued anyone or publicly rejected their claims.
In addition to his taste in art (samples above) a picture emerges of him that fits a character who was protected by the establishment including media figures such as former Times Editor Andrew Neil and Rupert Murdoch lacky 'Daveid' Aaronovitch and many senior figures in Conservative Party as he was party treasurer during the Thatcher years.
I leave it to you to decide how you interpret the following evidence.
Here is the post that alerted me to McAlpine's tastes. Here is a post on the topic (censored but still archived) by the Aangirfan Blog (now deleted) that was always essential reading and a Twitlonger kindly shared with me just now.
But most importantly are the words of Lord McAlpine himself on how to deceive the media.
Graham Ovenden the artist responsible for the prepubescent girls painted or photographed above was charged with four cases of indecent assault to girls, all under the age of 14, five counts of child neglect and four counts of false imprisonment.