We also NEVER BROKE DOWN.
At Saudi, with HRH, my slats failed to extend on finals. Sadly we did not have the tools to fix the problem before departure the following day; with HRH. The rules were thus a single fight back to home base with crew only. Sadly, BZZ could not get the spare VC10 to us in time due to the lack of diplomatic clearances.
But we had to take HRH to Bahrain the following day.
My solution? Make Bahrain my home base and make HRH crew. It worked, though HRH did appear on the flt deck to ask if he was getting crew pay.
True!