'This isn't by Queen Victoria either. It's a garbled paraphrase of a letter written in 1845 by King Leopold of Belgium *to* Queen Victoria: "dealings with artists, for instance, require great prudence; they are acquainted with all classes of society, and for that reason dangerous; they are hardly ever satisfied, and when you have too much to do with them, you are sure to have des ennuis -- Leopold to Victoria, 10 October 1845.'
'This isn't by Queen Victoria either. It's a garbled paraphrase of a letter written in 1845 by King Leopold of Belgium *to* Queen Victoria: "dealings with artists, for instance, require great prudence; they are acquainted with all classes of society, and for that reason dangerous; they are hardly ever satisfied, and when you have too much to do with them, you are sure to have des ennuis -- Leopold to Victoria, 10 October 1845.'
From here- http://thehollowmansf.blogspot.com/2012... but I am in the process of trying to determine the veracity of that citation as well.