Simplify the following text for a Grade 10 native English-speaking person.
Original: His widow gave the impression that she was almost penniless but King George V granted her a pension of Â # 100 , evidence of the high regard in which the composer was held .
Simplified: His widow hardly had any money , but King George V gave her a pension of GBÂ # 100 , which shows how popular Coleridge-Taylor had been as a composer .