Other speakers
Whether you’re a stand-in speaker or a bride who wants to make a wedding speech, here’s some guidance and sample material to help get you started
If yours is an unconventional role in the wedding speeches -- a relative standing in for a father-of-the-bride who has passed away, for instance -- you may be looking for reassurance about what to say. Or you may be a bride-to-be who wants to take the opportunity to say something nice -- or naughty -- about your husband-to-be. Here you’ll find inspirational material, including a guide on what to include in your speech, to help make yours perfect.
Good luck!
General Wedding Speech Guide
- About the bride
- Who speaks and when
- Lines that are sentimental
- Who says what
- Great lines about the groom
- 20 top tips for making a great speech
- Coping with nerves
- End on a high!
- Tips, hints and checklists for a perfect wedding speech
- After you’ve written the speech
- Handling props and equipment
- Making a strong start
- Giving your speech a meaty middle
- Choosing the right material
- Researching your speech
- Getting your delivery right
- Speech games
- Great lines for your best man’s speech
- Wedding speech No-Nos
- Great lines about the bride
- Lines to get a laugh
- Lines to kick off with
- Ten tips for a top performance
- How to make people laugh with a wedding speech
- How to work jokes into your wedding speech
- Lines that work – and lines that don’t…
- The bride’s speech: Where to start
- Sample material: For the stand-in speaker
- Stand-in speaker: Where to start
- Making a wedding toast
- Who traditionally says what




