The former speaker of the US House of Representatives Nancy Pelosi underwent successful hip replacement surgery in Luxembourg and is “recovering well”, her office announced.

Pelosi was injured yesterday and had to be hospitalized during her trip to Luxembourgwhere she went to commemorate a World War II battle, her office announced Friday.

The 84-year-old Democratic politician was in the Grand Duchy with a parliamentary delegation to mark the 80th anniversary of the crucial Battle of the Bulge, her spokesman said Ian Krager. “He suffered an injury during an official event and was admitted to the hospital for tests,” he clarified.

According to several US media outlets, the ever-influential elected official fell down marble stairs and broke her hip.

Her spokesman said this morning that Pelosi was receiving excellent medical care, that she also continues to work and regrets “not being able to attend other events” of the delegation.

Nancy Pelosi, elected in San Francisco, is the first woman to serve as president of House of Representatives. He resigned this office in 2023 but remains a member of the House. In November he was re-elected for another two years.

Pelosi had also traveled in 2019 to attend the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, the last major German offensive on the Western Front during World War II.

The battle raged for six weeks in the Ardennes region between Belgium and Luxembourg involving 600,000 American and 25,000 British troops against 400,000 Germans, until the Allies were victorious in January 1945.