Bindi Irwin Will Have 15-Year-Old Brother Robert Walk Her Down Aisle at Wedding
Bindi Irwin, who announced her engagement to longtime boyfriend Chandler Powell on her 21st birthday, is excited to plan the wedding of her dreams.
Bindi, daughter of the late “Crocodile Hunter” Steve Irwin, told Entertainment Tonight who she wanted to walk her down the aisle since her father will not be able to fill the traditional role.
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Bindi has always been close to her mother, Terri Irwin, and younger brother Robert, 15. It comes as no surprise that the young conservationist wants her brother to play a major role at her wedding.
“I think that for me, it’ll be really important that Robert walks me down the aisle,” Bindi told ET. “That’s something that I really want to do.”
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“I’m always so grateful that Robert is there,” she continued, “and he has been such a big part of my life and he’s always stepped up and been the one to give me a hug when I need it and encourage me forward in life,” she said. “So he will definitely be the one to walk me down the aisle when the time comes, and I think that will make it really special.”
“I think that’s what dad would have wanted as well,” she added.
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Throughout the course of their six-year dating relationship, Bindi said she and Chandler often turned to her mother for relationship advice.
Terri Irwin generously and wisely passed on her knowledge to the young couple, who was eager to listen and learn.
“She said to me a few months ago, she said, ‘Your dad and I used to always talk about what makes a perfect marriage, or a really wonderful marriage, and what’s interesting is that for us, it was kind of that feeling of comfort.’ So you know, your relationship can be this wonderful, exciting adventure, but you want to find someone who, at the end of the day, you’re really comfortable with,” Bindi said.
“Her marriage advice is so wonderful, because I feel like that’s what we have.”
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Chandler, 22, told ET that prior to proposing to Bindi, he asked her mother and brother for permission.
“I asked them, ‘You know, I really love Bindi, she is the girl of my dreams and I am so blessed to spend my life with her,'” Chandler said, “‘and I really want to ask you guys permission to marry Bindi.'”
“Immediately, they were so supportive, they gave me the biggest hug and said welcome to the family, and it was really, really special,” Chandler said.
Chandler said he was welcomed into the Irwin family from the beginning, and is eager to spend the rest of his life with his bride.
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