It was at Saint-Cloud once again, in Monsieur's "Galerie d'Apollon", that Napoléon III invested himself as Emperor of the French on 1 December 1852. During the Second Empire, Napoléon III and empress Eugénie held court at Saint-Cloud in the spring and the autumn. Napoléon III had the orangery demolished in 1862, and Eugénie transformed the bedroom of "Madame" into a salon in Louis XVI style. The castle was used all along the 19th century to welcome member of European royal families. As an example, Queen Victoria and Prince Albert stayed at Saint Cloud when they came to visit Paris for World Exposition in 1855.