Some of you may remember the unexpected Shakespearean humor of Kaiser Wilhelm II. When the British royals changed their last name, which was Saxe-Coburg-Gotha from Prince Albert, to Windsor to de-Germanize themselves, the Kaiser said he looked forward to reading The Merry Wives of Saxe-Coburg-Gotha.

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