CRIKEY! Robert's secret friendship with MATILDA LEDGER!

They have bonded over losing their fathers as young children

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After losing his famous father Steve Irwin in tragic circumstances when he was just two years old, Robert Irwin could be forgiven for thinking there’s no one else in the world who understands what he’s been through.

But it turns out there is one person who knows exactly what it’s like – Matilda Ledger, whose own superstar father Heath died of an accidental drug overdose when she was also two.

SHARED CONNECTION

And now, thanks to a spinetingling act of fate, Woman’s Day can exclusively reveal that the eerily similar Robert and Matilda have been brought together for the first time.

Last year, it was reported that Robert, 19, was dating 17-year-old Matilda’s cousin Rorie Buckley – the 18-year-old daughter of Heath’s sister Kate.