Original: Upon hearing that his cousin had changed the name of the British royal house to Windsor , German Emperor Wilhelm II remarked jokingly that he planned to see Shakespeare 's play The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .
Simplified: When he heard about the change of name , German Emperor William II joked that he wanted to see Shakespeare 's play The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha .