Aggressive safeguarding strategies include deprecation, accusations, or self-accusations and guilt, which are used as means for elevating a fragile self-esteem and safeguarding an overblown, idealized image of oneself.
Throughout the course of the following 3 days all attendees were subject to deprecation and humiliation in order to bring them to a point where any encouragement would be welcomed.
Scholars have held different opinions about the royal touch, ranging from deprecation in the 19th and early 20th century to more sympathetic treatment.