sentences:  Following a few very successful years racing in Britain, "Thistle" was sold to the German emperor Wilhelm II (who otherwise used the SMY "Hohenzollern") in 1891 for 90,000 gold marks and renamed "Meteor".Between 1892 and 1895 Wilhelm II raced against the "Britannia" owned by his uncle the Prince of Wales later King Edward VII each year at the Cowes Week.Being a more experienced yachtsmen and having the faster ship Edward won all the races comfortably.