Royal Mail and Parcelforce to suspend all services to Europe amid major changes to Christmas postal schedule Royal Mail and Parcelforce have suspended all postal services to Europe, effective immediately. Services to mainland Europe, excluding the Republic of Ireland, have been suspended by Royal Mail in light of concern over the new coronavirus variant in the UK, VUI-202012/01. Parcelforce have followed suit, and also excluded services to Turkey and Canada. With just a few days to go until Christmas, both mail groups have been experiencing their busiest time of year. But with France and other European countries closing their borders to the UK in a bid to prevent the spread of the new variant, bosses say significant disruption should be expected.