Former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, a Democrat, was injured and hospitalized during a visit to Luxembourg to participate in a World War II commemoration event, her office said Friday. .

The former speaker, 84, was in the Grand Duchy with a parliamentary delegation to take part in events marking the 80th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, her spokesman Ian Kreiger explained in a press release.

The Democratic congresswoman, who is elected in California, “suffered an injury during an official event and was admitted to a hospital for tests.”

According to US media reports, the seasoned politician, who continues to wield influence, fell down marble stairs and suffered a fractured hip.

She is receiving “excellent” medical care, “continues to work,” and regrets not being able to “participate in other events” with the US House delegation.

The first woman to be elected speaker of the House of Representatives, Ms. Pelosi, lost the office last year when Republicans regained the majority in the chamber.

However, she remains very influential within her party, and her maneuvering in late July is said to have at least partially led to outgoing President Joe Biden’s unprecedented decision to withdraw his presidential bid.

Ms Pelosi had already traveled to Luxembourg in 2019, then for the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the last major Nazi offensive on the Western Front during World War II.

The battle raged for six weeks in the Ardennes region on the Belgium-Luxembourg border. 600,000 American soldiers and 25,000 of their British counterparts were involved to repel the attack of 400,00 Germans. The Allied side prevailed in January 1945.