It has been over six months now that this has been an issue. Can someone PLEASE put this on high priority?! This seriously needs attention. I’m tired of paying for a realm that doesn’t work correctly! 

Realms will not update difficulty on any device I play on. If I try to switch to any other difficulty other than Normal, it does not apply. It stays stuck on Normal. If I download the world, change the difficulty of downloaded world, upload back to the realm, it then applies the difficulty I changed it to. But if I try to change it again within the realm, it goes back to being stuck on Normal. PLEASE HELP.