Complex sentence: On finding that they were revered by the Ethiopians, she left them in her will to the Emperor Menelik; the courts set aside this provision to keep them in Britain-and they were sold to William Randolph Hearst, of California.
Split into simpler sentences: On finding that they were revered by the Ethiopians, she left them in her will to Emperor Menelik. The courts set aside this provision, ostensibly, to keep them in Britain-and they were sold to William Randolph Hearst, of California.