Former US president Barack Obama pays tribute to ‘beloved’ Queen Elizabeth II

Queen Elizabeth and former US President Barack Obama at a Buckingham Palace State Banquet in 2011 (Lewis Whyld/PA)

Former US president Barack Obama has paid tribute to the “extraordinary generosity” shown by the late Queen Elizabeth II to his family.

In a video tribute posted on Twitter, he described how when he first met the monarch he was struck by her similarity to one of his relatives.