Loading Screen for my MC Realm gets stuck about halfway through (worked yesterday)

Unable to successfully connect to my realm on Minecraft for Windows since this morning. Worked all day yesterday. After I click play (on realm select screen) the loading screen appears and gets about halfway through before it just hangs. Same place, everytime. I’ve tried logging out of my account and back in, closing and reopening the game, restarting computer, reinstalling minecraft. Nothing has worked so I’m here. If I wait for a LONG time eventually I get an error message after the realm load screen fails (see attachment).

Other people can access my realm. I can also successfully join my realm using my iphone on the same windows/xbox account that is failing in Minecraft for Windows. This issue is specific to Realm access on MC for Windows.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks and have a happy holiday season!