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As of 13 August 2026, AI can write your maid of honour's speech.
Most people should do this themselves; the prompt is on this page.
Can you do it?
5 minutesto a draft.
30 minutesto something you’d act on.
Cost, all in£0
Skill neededchat-fluent
Who has to check ityou
What the alternative costsNo comparable human-service price is supplied in the available source data.
If this goes wrong: the speech sounds generic, includes an awkward joke or misrepresents a memory, and you can rewrite it before the wedding.
What to actually do
Do it yourself
The route this page recommends
A chat interface, chat-fluent skill, and roughly 30 minutes until you can act on the result.
How to actually do it
- Open a notes app and write the bride's name, your relationship, the partner's name, how they met, and two specific memories in your own words.
- Add three qualities you genuinely admire in the couple and list every subject, person or story that must not be mentioned.
- Choose the approximate speaking time, the tone you want, and whether the audience will include children, older relatives or people who do not know the backstory.
- Paste the prompt into a chatbot and replace every bracketed slot with your notes, then ask it to draft the speech and mark uncertain lines as [CHECK].
- Read the draft aloud and compare every name, event, quotation and joke with your notes, deleting anything invented, inaccurate or uncomfortable.
- Paste the corrected speech into Grammarly for grammar and clarity suggestions, then accept only changes that still sound like you and rehearse the final version aloud.
Prompt
Write a maid of honour's speech for a UK wedding using the details below. Make it warm, specific and lightly funny, with a natural spoken rhythm. Aim for about [length or speaking time]. Include a brief welcome, how I know [bride's name], two genuine memories, what I admire about the couple, a respectful toast and a clear ending. Use British English and avoid clichés, exaggerated praise, embarrassing stories, private information, jokes about previous relationships, jokes about appearance, and anything that could make the couple or their families uncomfortable. Do not invent facts, memories, names, occupations or quotations. If any essential detail is missing, ask me questions before drafting. Mark any line that depends on my judgement as [CHECK]. Details: Bride: [name and how I know her]. Partner: [name and how they met or what I know about them]. Couple's story: [details]. Memory 1: [specific event]. Memory 2: [specific event]. Qualities I want to praise: [details]. Boundaries and topics to avoid: [details]. Audience and setting: [details]. My preferred tone: [tone].
Open it prefilled in ChatGPT or Claude, or copy it into Gemini, which takes no prefill link.
Use a tool built for this
Second choiceHand it to a person
The distant thirdA person who owns the outcome does this end to end, worth it when the failure is dear.
What it gets wrong
- AI cannot know which private memory will make this particular audience laugh rather than go quiet.
- It cannot judge the couple's boundaries or the family dynamics unless you explain them clearly.
- It defaults to familiar wedding phrases and generic praise when your notes lack specific detail.
- It cannot reproduce your natural timing, hesitation and delivery, so the written speech still needs to be rehearsed aloud.
Even on a YES, the friction has a name: taste, context depth and relationship.
How we scored this
Five axes, each scored nought to two by hand: ten means AI carries the task cleanly, and the thresholds that turn a total into YES, PARTLY or NO are published in the methodology. Each axis name links to its definition.
| Axis | Score (0–2) |
|---|---|
| Output | 2 |
| Inputs | 2 |
| Verification | 2 |
| Liability | 2 |
| Effort delta | 2 |
| Total | 10 / 10 |
The methodology and its thresholds are published in full.
FAQ
- Can ChatGPT write my maid of honour's speech?
- Yes. It can turn your memories and notes into a structured first draft, but you need to supply the personal detail and remove anything that does not sound like you.
- What should I tell AI to write a good maid of honour speech?
- Give it specific memories, how you know the bride, what you admire about the couple, the intended tone and a list of topics to avoid. Tell it not to invent facts or quotations and ask it to flag anything that needs your judgement.
- How long should a maid of honour's speech be?
- That depends on the couple's plan and the number of speeches, so agree the approximate speaking time with the person organising the reception. Ask AI to draft to that time, then read it aloud because written word counts do not predict your delivery exactly.
- How do I make an AI-written wedding speech sound like me?
- Give the model your own phrasing, real stories and the words you would actually use, then remove polished lines that feel unnatural. Reading the speech aloud and rewriting the awkward sentences is more reliable than asking for a generic 'personal' tone.
Nearby answers
Assessed by gpt-5.6-luna (gpt-5.6-luna) on 2026-08-13, second-checked by an independent model. Wrong somewhere? Email [email protected] and it gets re-checked.
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