Bindi Irwin has shared the ways she honoured her late father Steve Irwin on her wedding day in a new video.

In the clip from her wedding to Chandler Powell, it incorporates pictures from the celebration, as well as old footage of Irwin and her father when she was young.

“I think that dad’s with us too in a way,” Irwin can be heard saying in a voice-over. “I think that his spirit lives on in everything that we do so I feel like he’s going to be there walking beside me and Robert as we head down that aisle.

“I can’t wait.”

The video from the March ceremony then shows the moment Irwin and Powell exchanged vows at her family’s zoo in Australia, before showing the couple lighting a candle in her father’s memory.

“This is such an incredibly special day,” the 21-year-old said before acknowledging all of the couple’s friends and family who couldn’t attend the wedding because of the coronavirus pandemic.

“And then there’s also the people that couldn’t be here because they’re watching over us and they’re our guiding lights and this candle is to represent dad, who I wish could have been here in person, but I think it’s really special that he’s always with us,” Irwin said as she became emotional. “And he walks beside us in everything that we do.”

“In a way, he brought us together,” Powell added. “So it’s amazing that he brought us together and because of everything you guys built here, we’re able to live the life that we live.

“He was my hero growing up and it means the world that he’s always with us.”

Later in the video, Irwin’s mother Terri congratulated the couple and expressed the happiness that Steve would have felt.

“Bindi, you’re the most beautiful girl and Chandler, you’re the most perfect man to marry Bindi,” Terri said. “And I know Steve’s here and I know he’s smiling on you. Congratulations.”

Irwin’s brother Robert also remembered their father, telling his sister: “Walking you down the aisle today, Bindi, it was probably the greatest honour and the most special moment of my life. I couldn’t be more delighted to welcome Chandler to the family and I know Dad would be proud.”

The emotional clip ended with footage of the couple posing in front of animals at the zoo and sharing their happiness at being husband and wife.

In March, Irwin shared the first photo from the private ceremony on Instagram, where she revealed that she and Powell had been planning the wedding for over a year but had had to change everything due to the pandemic.

“We wish all of our friends and family could have been there with us, however it’s lovely that we will be able to share photos and videos. Right now we’re encouraging the world to hold onto hope and love, which will carry us forward during this profound time in history,” Irwin wrote. “Today we celebrated life and revelled in every beautiful moment we shared together in our Australia Zoo gardens.”

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