Why did Louis-Philippe flee to England after his abdication in 1848?

Louis-Philippe fled to England in 1848 to escape the escalating Revolution of 1848 and the threat of civil war in France.12

Following a period of social and economic unrest, including crop failures and rising unemployment, public dissatisfaction with his government reached a breaking point. When protests in Paris turned violent and the loyalty of the National Guard became uncertain, Louis-Philippe faced the choice of either using the army to suppress the insurrection—which would have resulted in a bloodbath—or abdicating.2

On February 24, 1848, he chose to abdicate in favor of his grandson, the comte de Paris, and fled with Queen Marie-Amélie. Upon arriving in England, the couple lived incognito as the comte and comtesse de Neuilly at Claremont, an estate in Surrey provided by Queen Victoria, where Louis-Philippe remained until his death in 1850.12