For further elaboration, the launcher appears to remember the realm, notes that I have played and says it will try to launch and connect to realm. However the in game real manager acts like its never seen it before. There is no way for me to re-joined the realm.
After fixing the issues, it no longer does it, but for similar cases see:
https://learn.microsoft.com/en-us/answers/questions/5683145/minecraft-bedrock-keeps-failing-to-start
https://www.reddit.com/r/MinecraftHelp/comments/1ppuptv/minecraft_on_pc_failing_to_locate_game_files/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1pr38vq/failed_to_start_game_error_message_for_bedrock/
https://www.reddit.com/r/Minecraft/comments/1oikn6u/cant_get_the_latest_version_of_bedrock_on_windows/