Realms will not let me join

I have been trying to access my Realms for almost a week now and it will not let me join. The first day I tried which was Tuesday Aug. 13, it straight up said could not connect to Realms. I restarted my computer and everything but it still didn't work. Then I tried again on Aug. 17 but instead of saying it couldn't connect, it said "Fetching Realms" and only said that for over an hour. I also tried restarting my computer but nothing changed. I would like to access the service that I pay monthly for and honestly, we all should be getting something discounted for not being able to access Realms when we pay for it. Please fix it soon.