In the 1960s, Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau's family moved to Togo due to her father's profession as a journalist and foreign correspondent.
[9] A Traditionalist Catholic, Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau went on pilgrimages with her sister Princess Gloria to Santiago de Compostela Cathedral and Sanctuary of Our Lady of Lourdes, to which she partially credited with her recovery from cancer.
[10] In 2008 Countess von Schönburg-Glauchau voiced her opinion on family life and a woman's role, stating that she believed women are meant to raise children and that mothers should not have careers.
[13][14][15][16] In 2013, Countess Maya von Schönburg-Glauchau faced a tribunal in Reading, Berkshire, for the treatment of her former housekeeper, Teresa Filipowska, whom she had hired in 2008 while living at Parkside House.
[17] The tribunal ordered the countess to pay Filipowska £19,000 on the grounds of unfair dismissal, sex discrimination, and unpaid wages.