How did Louis-Philippe's views of royal power differ from Adolphe Thiers's views?

During the July Monarchy, Louis-Philippe and Adolphe Thiers held fundamentally different views regarding the role of the monarch within the French government.

• Louis-Philippe’s View: The king believed his authority was rooted in heredity rather than solely in the will of the Chamber of Deputies. He rejected the idea of a strictly symbolic role, maintaining that his proper function was to participate actively in decision-making and to appoint ministers who would govern in accordance with his own political doctrines.1
• Adolphe Thiers’s View: As the leader of the centre-left faction, Thiers advocated for a more restricted role for the monarch. He famously argued that the king should "reign but not govern," suggesting that the monarch’s power should be limited and that the government should be directed by ministers accountable to the legislature rather than the king’s personal influence.1

These conflicting interpretations of royal authority created a persistent ambiguity regarding the locus of power in the Orleanist system, contributing to the political instability that characterized much of the 1830s.1