Robert Irwin has ‘engagement plans with girlfriend Rorie Buckey’ after less than a year of dating: ‘He’s moving too fast’
Robert Irwin is reportedly planning to pop the question to his girlfriend Rorie Buckey after seven months of dating
According to New Idea magazine, protective mother Terri has concerns that her lovestruck son, 19, and his smitten girlfriend, 18, will rush down the aisle too early.
‘Terri feels like Robert is moving way too fast,’ a source told the publication.
‘Rorie’s a sweetheart and it’s easy to see why he is absolutely smitten, but Terri knows the stakes are high,’ they added.
Robert Irwin, 19, (left) is reportedly planning to pop the question to his girlfriend Rorie Buckey, 18, after seven months of dating according to a report in New Idea. Here with mum Terri, 58
Robert’s big sister Bindi is also said to have reservations about his possible marriage.
The publication also claimed Robert is a ‘romantic’ who is hoping to emulate his mother’s quick engagement to her late husband Steve after just eight months of dating in 1992.
Robert and Rorie, who is the niece of legendary Australian actor Heath Ledger, are currently in a long-distance relationship, with Robert based at Australia Zoo in Queensland while Rorie is in Perth.
According to New Idea magazine , protective mother Terri has concerns that her lovestruck son and his smitten girlfriend (both pictured on a date in Brisbane) will rush down the aisle too early
‘Terri feels like Robert is moving way too fast,’ a source told the publication
The publication also claimed Robert is a ‘romantic’ who is hoping to emulate his mother’s quick engagement to her late husband Steve after just eight months of dating in 1992. Pictured left is Robert, and right is Rorie
The couple were last spotted in May at Perth Airport packing on the PDA after Robert travelled to Western Australia to spend time with his girlfriend’s family.
Robert and Rorie have plenty in common; both grew up in the public eye after suffering the devastating loss of a family member.
Heath was at the top of his Hollywood career when he was found dead in January 2008 following an accidental prescription drug overdose.
Robert’s father Steve Irwin, known to the world as the ‘Crocodile Hunter’, died aged 44 on September 4, 2006, after being pierced in the chest by a stingray.
Perth-based Rorie (pictured with her identical twin sister Scarlett) is the daughter Heath Ledger’s sister Kate and her husband Nathan Buckey
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