I have two questions that pertain to a TL I'm planing that's about a Third Restoration in France. One, the White flag. If the National assembly decided to go f*ck it and gave way on the flag issue, what would the response be in France? Rioting and anger or more or less indifference? Or is there no real evidence as to what the reaction would be? I ask because apparently, at least according to the French Wikipedia, the Comte de Chambord received many representatives of his supporters from all social classes and after talking with them he was persuaded that the people of France weren't so attached to the tricolor.
And two, would there be any way to get Adolphe Thiers to support a restoration? I know that he backed the Republic as the government that divided France the least, but if the Royalists had a better majority or did better in the by-elections could he be convinced that a restored Monarchy was the best idea?