Mooning Queen proves costly for Australian man

major.tom · Post by **major.tom** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 6:11 pm

Mooning Queen proves costly for Australian man
The Associated Press (link)
Posted: Feb 14, 2012 6:32 AM ET
Last Updated: Feb 14, 2012 11:07 AM ET

A Sydney man has been fined 750 Australian dollars (about $800 US) for mooning the Queen and her husband, Prince Philip, during a royal visit to Australia.

Barman Liam Lloyd Warriner was sentenced Tuesday in a Brisbane court on a charge of creating a public nuisance for baring his buttocks to the 85-year-old British monarch and her 90-year-old husband in October.

Warriner admitted holding an Australian flag clenched between his bare buttocks and running as the royal couple's motorcade drove past well-wishers. It is not clear whether the royals saw Warriner.

Warriner said outside court Tuesday that he'd do the same thing to "any self-important, self-propagating elitist."

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"Ooh, I say! My royal eyes!"

Post by **faceless** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 8:48 pm

haha, good on him. I'm sure there's plenty of folk who'd chip in to pay his fine

gordonrussell · Post by **gordonrussell** » Tue Feb 14, 2012 11:06 pm

“Maybe [US President] Barack Obama, next on my list, any elitist, any self propagating elitist, I will happily bare my buttocks to and tell them what I think of them.”

Mr Warriner, who plans to move to the UK later this year, added Prime Minister Julia Gillard to that list.

Read more: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/queensl ... z1mOsQIliv

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