Of course, Thiers's dream of becoming Prime Minister didn't last long, as he hurriedly stepped down six months later.
The reason was that Thiers suggested to King Louis Philippe to follow Britain's constitutional monarchy and allow the Prime Minister and Cabinet to handle foreign and military affairs fully.
Regarding Thiers's fanciful suggestion, Louis Philippe, who initially planned to use him as a puppet, unsurprisingly rejected it outright, insisting that France was not Britain, and the two countries' situations were different. France's own brand of constitutional monarchy stipulated that the king was the one who formulated foreign policy and was the highest commander of the military.
Anyone who's been in a relationship knows that once such a question is asked, regardless of the outcome, the relationship between the two is destined to shatter.
