A letter is posted in a Royal Mail post box in central London, on December 16, 2008. Britain plans to part-privatise state-owned postal operator Royal Mail and has already received interest from Dutch company TNT, British Business Secretary Peter Mandelson said Tuesday. Mandelson told lawmakers in the House of Lords that the government had accepted recommendations that Royal Mail "forge a strategic minority partnership" with another operator. AFP PHOTO/Shaun Curry (Photo credit should read SHAUN CURRY/AFP/Getty Images)