Name Game: Columnist Liz Smith reports that...

Name Game: Columnist Liz Smith reports that Vanity Fair magazine writer Maureen Orth asked Marla Maples whether she would keep her maiden name if she married real estate magnate Donald Trump. “I always promised Daddy I’d keep my name because I’m an only child and he never had a son . . . . so I don’t know--maybe Marla Maples Trump.” Meanwhile, she is living well, Orth reports, with luxury suites in Aspen, Colo., and at Trump Plaza, a New York sublet and an apartment in Century City.

Queen’s Ransom: A Canadian publisher has been ordered by a British court to surrender profits from “Courting Disaster,” a best-seller by Malcolm Barker, a former royal family employee, and Tim Sobey, about Buckingham Palace scandals. “The penalty is extraordinary,” said a Fleetwood Publications spokesman. Barker said he hoped the book, which is rife with descriptions of homosexuality, alcoholism and bad hygiene, would expose the Royal Family’s lack of security and inspire improvements.

Next Best Thing: Playboy magazine is banned in Saudi Arabia, but Kimberley Conrad Hefner is starting a letter-writing campaign to American troops. “I’m asking all the recent playmates to write to our servicemen. I know many of us would go to Saudi Arabia tomorrow if we could,” said the 1989 Playmate of the Year, who married Playboy founder Hugh Hefner last year. Her first letter included a picture of herself in a swimsuit.

Hello? Helmsley Hotel?: Italian opera star Luciano Pavarotti does not like smoky rooms, or steps to climb off-stage. He likes his decor in jewel tones, king-size beds, large television screens and Italian movie tapes. These are among the particulars the famously particular tenor asked for with his recent reservation at the Blakely Hotel in Knoxville, Tenn. That’s not all. When his plane lands, Pavarotti wants an electric golf cart to take him from his plane to his limo.