October 12, 1858.
At the gracious invitation of Jerome Bonaparte, Prince Albert and Queen Victoria, along with the British Secretary of the Navy, set off from London on a warship arriving in Normandy, and then took a train from the Normandy region to Paris.
When the train carrying Prince Albert and Victoria stationed at the Paris Railway Station, Jerome Bonaparte and Empress Augusta, who had been waiting at the station for some time, hurriedly ran to the side of the train to greet them.
Prince Albert and Queen Victoria descended the steps of the train side by side, and Jerome Bonaparte reached out with a smile and said to Prince Albert, "Welcome back to Paris! Albert!"
Albert similarly extended his hand to shake hands with Jerome Bonaparte, but his face did not carry a smile like Jerome Bonaparte, and he said indifferently, "Thank you!"
