Comprising a silver bottle coaster with flower rim and engraved in centre 'TO HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS MARGARET AND ANTHONY ARMSTRONG-JONES FROM THE PRESIDENT AND MRS EISENHOWER MAY 6 1960', a silver plain rectangular cigarette box applied on cover with an outline of the state of Arizona and the copper Great Seal of the state from 1912, engraved inside the cover with 'ARIZONA WELCOMES HER ROYAL HIGHNESS THE PRINCESS MARGARET COUNTESS OF SNOWDON AND THE EARL OF SNOWDON, SAMUEL PEARSON GODDARD, GOVERNOR OF ARIZONA', a silver beaker resting on horse shoes and applied in centre with the Kentucky Derby Race Course beneath engraved inscription '100TH KENTUCKY DERBY 1971' and on reverse 'PRESENTED ON BEHALF OF THE COMMONWEALTH OF KENTUCKY', and a silver-plated paperweight shaped as a cable car on a steep road with the Seal of the city of San Francisco and engraved 'HONORARY CITIZEN OF THE CITY OF SAN FRANCISCO PRESENTED BY MAYOR JOHN F. SHELLEY, THE EARL OF SNOWDON'
the bottle coaster 4³⁄₈ in. (11.2 cm.) diameter; the cigarette box 6¹⁄₈ in. (15.5 cm.) wide
gross weight of weighable silver 22 oz. 19 dwt. (714 gr.)

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In November 1965 H.R.H. The Princess Margaret and the Earl of Snowdon visited the United States to tour the country and promote the release of Lord Snowdon’s book. Disguised as a private visit, it was the occasion to mend the relationship between the United States and Britain strained by the economic demands of Britain and the disapproval of the US's involvement in the Vietnam War.

They first landed in San Francisco where they visited the Bay Area, including to the San Francisco City Hall, a fashion show at the Hilton Hotel, the University of California Berkeley campus, a mass at Grace Cathedral and the Monterey peninsula; they also played tourist at Coit Tower and took a cable car, represented in the cable-car Honary Citzenship gift from San Fransisco.

Princess Margaret and Lord Snowdon then flew to Arizona, where they spent four days, visiting a friend whose father, Lewis W. Douglas, was the former Ambassador to the Court of St. James, as well as enjoying time at a Sonoita ranch. After their stay in Southern Arizona, the royal couple traveled to Washington D.C., the pinnacle of their trip, where they attended a dinner at the White House. The dinner, not originally on the couple’s itinerary, had been arranged during their tour and was deemed a great success.