Bindi Irwin and fiance Chandler Powell tie knot at Australia Zoo ahead of lockdown. Image via CNN.
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Bindi Irwin ties knot with Chandler Powell ahead of coronavirus lockdown

Bindi Irwin, the 21-year-old daughter of world-famous Crocodile Hunter Steve Irwin, who died of a sting-ray injury to the heart in 2006, has tied the knot with her fiance Chandler Powell, who she has been dating for six years, with the couple getting engaged last July. Irwin and Powell married at the Australia Zoo ahead of the Australian government's imminent deadline on limiting the number of guests at weddings.

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