Stylish Countess Maya still raising cash for Diana’s pal

HER life was cut short by cancer three years ago, but the impish spirit of Countess Maya von Schonburg endures.

Dazzling items from her wardrobe, including a pink silk coat, go on public view next week, prior to their sale by Kerry Taylor Auctions.

Maya, who memorably declared that her £ 9 million divorce settlement from billionaire Mick Flick ‘wasn’t enough’, directed that every penny from the sale goes to Team Domenica, a charity founded by Princess Diana’s friend Rosa Monckton, which helps young people with learning disabilities fulfil their potential and find employment.

Domenica — Rosa’s daughter with her husband, my fellow Mail columnist Dominic Lawson — was a godchild of Diana.

Rosa’s fondest memory of Maya? ‘Her, in a Valentino jacket, leaving a huge fundraising party in London driving a red doubledecker bus — all the way back to Windsor.’