Who wrote the best man’s speech? Inside the rising wedding trend most guests won’t notice
Wedding speech ghostwriters share their stories - and explain why more and more people are secretly availing of their services
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Katie RosseinskyUK Independent
“It’s still very much seen as a secret service,” Heidi Ellert-McDermott explains. “I’d say that 97 per cent of our clients don’t tell anyone.” The secret that her clients are keeping from their significant others? It’s nothing remotely salacious – rather than googling gags and hoping for the best, they’ve just hired a ghostwriter to work on their wedding speech.
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