Liam Warriner confessed Thursday to being the notorious "mooner" in the incident that occurred Monday morning.

The Sydney man famously showed his rear end as Queen Elizabeth passed by Kingsford Smith Drive on her royal outing. A noted detail was the prominent Australian flag that Warriner had wedged between his buttocks. Aussie pride indeed.

Though it's hardly likely that the queen saw any hint of the 22-year-old's backside, there are enraged British tabloids labeling Warriner as "remorseless" and an all-around poor example of Australians. The Daily Mail reported the incident and voiced the opinions of many Britons who felt slighted.

"Maybe all the Australians who regularly write disparaging things about the English might like to consider the vulgarity of one of their own people. Not only was it disgusting and disrespectful but also a public offence. Hope he gets a good fine for it," a disgruntled UK resident said.

"A citizen for Australia to be proud of. I bet his parents think he's wonderful!" wrote in another reader from England. Clearly, the act rubbed the queen's loyal subjects the wrong way.

This isn't to say that Warriner is without supporters. "Well done! May the Aussies never loose (sic) their rugged, outback culture and sense of humor. Too bad Slim Dusty is gone, I'm sure he would have appreciated that and then done an Aussie C&W song about mooning the Queen," weighed in Pete Sagi from St. Louis, Mo.

As for the man of the hour, he couldn't be less delighted with the feedback. "Everybody's seen someone's butt, come on. You see it on TV all the time, you see it in movies, it's accepted in PG-rated programming these days, but yet it's an offence to the Queen," he said to reply in an interview with The Courier Mail. Warriner is set to appear Friday at Brisbane Magistrate Court.