After the Duke's Death in 1972, the complete collection was sold to a private collector by the Duchess of Windsor; Mrs. Simpson's title after her marriage to the Duke.

The emergence of this rare bottle of Paddy in Paris proved to be a very appropriate twist of fate as sales of Paddy in France have soared in recent years. To celebrate the acquisition of this rare Paddy bottle, and the extraordinary success of Paddy Whiskey in France, Philippe Savinel, Chief Executive of Irish Distillers, presented this vintage bottle to Pierre Coppéré, President of Pernod on the occasion of the France V Ireland Six Nations clash in Lansdowne Road, March 2003.