Lord Alfred Douglas political paper "Plain English", a journal which he regarded as the 'apple of his eye'. There are six biographies of Douglas. The earlier ones by Braybrooke and Freeman were not allowed to quote from Douglas's copyright work and "De Profundis" was unpublished. Later biographies were by Rupert Croft-Cooke, H. Montgomery Hyde (who also wrote about Wilde), Douglas Murray (who describes Braybrooke's biography as "a rehash and exaggeration of Douglas's book" [his autobiography]). The most recent is "Alfred Douglas: A Poet's Life and His Finest Work" by Caspar Wintermans in 2007. In the films "Oscar Wilde" and "The Trials of Oscar
Lord Alfred Douglas did give him occasional handouts. When Wilde died in 1900, he was still bankrupt. Douglas served as chief mourner, although there reportedly was an altercation at the grave between him and Robbie Ross. This struggle developed into a feud which would preview the later litigations between the two former lovers of Wilde. After Wilde's death, Douglas established a close friendship with Olive Custance, an heiress, poet and bisexual. They married on 4 March 1902. Olive Custance was in a relationship with the writer Natalie Barney when she and Douglas first met. Barney and Douglas eventually became close friends and Barney