Lord King must have had an address book the size of the Manhatten telephone directory with the number of his 'personal friends' I carried over the years!
and I was supposed to place an HF radio call in flight to Control Centre to organise a telephone call to said Chairman ( days before cellphones or ACARS ) whilst dealing with a demanding diversion ? Yeah ! Right !
Same flight - another "precious" pax. advised that he was a Private Pilot and could land in 150m visibility in fog, so what was wrong with me ? Another to whom I would have had great pleasure on relating the sad news of Graham Hill !