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The deal has been cleared on national security grounds, taking the Royal Mail a step closer to falling into foreign ownership.

I paid Royal Mail £14 postage but AN Post returned the parcel for not having the correct customs declaration

And it’s not the first time a letter destined for the other side of the world and arrived in the Welsh town

The British government has been granted a golden share in the recently-sold Royal Mail in a bid to keep it in the UK

Past talk of renationalisation gives way to approval of takeover in which price of first-class stamp could be set from Prague

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Britain’s government has approved the sale of Royal Mail’s parent company to a Czech billionaire, paving the way for the postal service to pass into foreign ownership for the first time in its 500-year history

The lowdown on the Czech billionaire and how the takeover will affect the British postal service

We have long since got used to our corporate crown jewels being raided by foreign buyers: Roll-Royce Motors, Land Rover, Harrods, Heathrow, even Weetabix and Polos are all in the stewardship of overseas owners. Vital public services such as Thames Water are also not excluded from the list.

Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky has agreed to a series of legally-binding commitments to gain government clearance for the deal.

Britain's centuries-old Royal Mail is set to pass into foreign ownership after the UK government Monday approved the takeover of its parent company by Czech billionaire Daniel Kretinsky's EP Group.