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A Conservative club’s faded Welsh flag has caused upset after a member of the public thought it had been altered to feature the colour blue.

The County Conservative Club on Caerphilly Road in Cardiff has been flying a Welsh flag for the last two or three years.

But it's recently been noticed that the green part of the flag has instead started to look blue.

(Image: Richard Swingler)

Keith Walker, from Llanedeyrn, was stuck in traffic in Birchgrove on Friday when he noticed the flag and its unusual colour.

“I am not a Conservative voter but I do take exception to them using the flag in that manner,” he said.

“It’s a Welsh flag and a Welsh emblem and it should remain as it is.”

He said he would take issue with any party politicising a national symbol.

(Image: Richard Swingler)

But the club’s chairman, Bob Willis, said the flag had simply faded as a result of being left out in the elements.

“It has been up there for two or three years and due to the weather conditions it has started to fade, but it was green when it went up there,” Mr Willis said.

“Of course, we are Conservatives so we are fans of the colour blue, but we are also proud Welshmen. It hasn’t been deliberately changed.”

(Image: Richard Swingler)

Mr Willis said this isn’t the first time one of their flags has caused confusion.

Before the Welsh flag was raised, the club had been flying the Glamorgan flag which was gifted to them by the Glamorgan Historical Society.

Mr Willis said: “We used to get calls from people asking what it was.”

He said the club will replace its Welsh flag “at the appropriate time”.