最重要的是官方的埃及土著政府，尽管它毫无影响力，但各种英国官员定期感到有必要假装进行磋商，以维持埃及实际居民的愿望在某种程度上很重要的形象。
(On top of this was the official indigenous Egyptian government that, though it was quite toothless, various British officials periodically felt the need to pretend to consult in order to maintain the appearance that the wishes of the actual inhabitants of Egypt somehow mattered.)
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